99 Years

99 Year Blues
written by (C) Julius Daniels, new verses Ted Demille (Grateful Ted Music)

Chorus:
Hand me the bottle, I’m gonna pass it around
I’m gonna drink to the lawyer, and the judge who put me down
Put me down…….
And the judge who put me down

On Monday I was arrested
On Tuesday I was tried
The judge found me guilty
I hung my head and cried
Yes I cried
I hung my head and cried

Well, I asked the judge
What might be my fine
He said a pick and a shovel
Way down in the mine
Down in the mine
Way down in the mine

Chorus

Well, I told the judge
I ain’t never been here before
He said I’ll give you ninety-nine years
You won’t be back no more
Back no more
No, you won’t be back no more

My daddy was a bad man
I’m a bad man, too
The reason I’m a bad man
I got nothin’ else to do
Else to do
Well, I got nothin’ else to do

Chorus

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Tag: Put me down…….
And the judge who put me down