Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm, uh huh. (Repeat)

Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm, I ain't never done nobody no harm.



Bet your life I'm going to jail, uh huh. (Repeat)

You can bet your life I'm going to jail, judge bought a Cadillac with my bail.



Loadin' that cotton in a hundred pound sack, uh huh. (Repeat)

Loadin' that cotton in a hundred pound sack, got a twelve gauge shot gun at my back.



I be in jail for the rest of my life, uh huh. (Repeat)

You know that I be in jail for the rest of my life, all I ever did was to shot my wife, uh huh.



Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm, uh huh. Uh huh. I ain't never done nobody no harm.

Uh huh. Uh huh. Bet your life I'm going to jail.

Uh huh. Uh huh. Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm.