Columbus Stockade

Way down in Columbus, Georgia
Wishin' I was back in Tennessee
Oh way down in Columbus Stockade
My friends?
I got no friends 'cause they turned their backs on me
So go ahead and leave me if you want to
Never let me cross your mind
'Cause in your heart you love another
Gon' and leave me little darlin', I don't mind
Well they took me 'fore the judge and I hollered
Saying "Oh you got an innocent man"
But I ain't had no one to back me
'Cause my friends
They just turned their backs and ran

Well it looks like I'll be stayin' here a while
That judge he gave me seventeen long years
Way down in Columbus Stockade
Don't lie little darlin', don't you shed a tear