THE PRISON BOY
THE PRISON BOY CAME HOME ONE DAY TO FIND HIS GIRL HAD GONE AWAY
AND WHEN HE ASKED THE REASON WHY WITH THESE FEW WORDS SHE DID REPLY
IF YOU LEAD AN HONEST LIFE I WILL SURELY BE YOUR DARLING WIFE
BUT AS YOU LED A LIFE OF CRIME THEN GO FAR AWAY AND DO YOUR TIME
SO THE PRISON BOY WENT OUT ONE NIGHT AND GOT HIMSELF INTO A FIGHT
WHEN OUT HE PULLED HIS STANLY KNIFE HIS FINAL SENTENCE WAS HIS LIFE
FAR AWAY IN HIS CELL THE PRISON BOY RANG HIS BELL
AND WHEN THEY THEY CAME THEY FOUND HIM DEAD AND ON HIS HEART A NOTE THAT READ
DIG MY GRAVE AND DIG IT DEEP AND LAY RED ROSES AT MY FEET
AND ON MY HEART A TURTLE DOVE TO SHOW THE WORLD I DIED FOR LOVE
SO ALL YOU GIRLS OUT THERE BE TOLD A PRISON BOYS HEART IS MADE OF GOLD
SO IF YOU FIND ONE TRAT HIM TRUE BECAUSE A PRISON BOY WILL DIE FOR YOU
THIS WAS WRITTEN ON THE CEILING OF MY CELL MANY YEARS AGO I MEMORISED IT AND NEVER FORGET IT SO NICE RESPECT TO WHO EVER WROTE IT