Murder In The First Degree

Murder In The First Degree - Victoria Spivey

Well I'm layin' here in this jailhouse scared as any fool can be

Well I'm layin' here in this jailhouse scared as any fool can be

I believe they're gonna hang me from what my lawyer said to me

My man got runnin' around with a woman he know I can't stand

My man got runnin' around with a woman he know I can't stand

There's one notch on my gun and the world's rid of one triflin' man

I scrubbed them pots and kettles I washed and ironed them white folks' clothes

I scrubbed them pots and kettles I washed and ironed them white folks' clothes

Any charge that I'm makin' I killed him Judge and that's all I know

Judge if you had killed your woman and had to come before me

If you'da killed a woman who trifled and had to come before me

I'd send her to the gallows and Judge would let you go free

I said I ain't done nothin but killed a man what belonged to me

I said I ain't done nothin but killed a man what belonged to me

And here they got me charged with murder in the first degree