Paroles de Convict and the rose

Within my prison cell so dreary alone i sit with aching heart
I'm thinking of my lonely darling from her forever i must part
A rose she sent me as a token she sent it just to light my gloom
To tell me that her heart is broken to cheer me fore i meet my doom
She wrote i took it from the garden where once we wandered side by side
But now you hold no hope of pardon and i can never be your bride
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The judge would not believe my story the jury said i had to pay
But to the rose in all its glory not guilty's all that i can say
Goodbye sweetheart for in the morning i'll meet my maker in repose
And when i'll go at daylight's dawning against my heart they'll find this rose