Judge
Johanna,
hear my plea
Before you open up your court, yeah
But I don't want no sympathy
Cause I done cut my good gal's throat
I caught her with a trifling
man
I warned her twice be
fore I had my knife
and I went insane
And the rest you ought to know
Judge, please Mr. Judge
Send me to the electric chair
Judge, Judge, good Mr. Judge
Let me go away from here
Oh, I want to take a journey
to the devil down below,
I done killed my gal,
I wanna reap just what I sow,
yeah.
Judge, judge, lordy, lordy, judge,
send me to the electric chair.
Judge, judge, yeah, hear me, judge,
send me to the electric chair.
Mmm, Judge, Judge,
they send me their judge
Oh, I loved her so dear
I cut her with my barlow,
I got her in a side
I stood there laughing over her
while she balled around and died
Judge, Judge, oh yeah, Judge
Send me to the electric chair
I say now, Judge, Judge,
oh please Mr. Judge,
send me to the electric chair, oh
Judge, Judge,
Mmm, good -kind judge,
burn me cause I don't care
I don't want no bald -headed woman
to go my bail
I don't wanna spend no ninety,
ninety, ninety -nine, nine years in jail
Judge, judge, oh please judge,
send me to the electric chair
I mean, send me to the electric