an ex convict And branded wherever I go In three years my sentence is over Them gates will swing wide for me The warden will say I'm a free man But my
A mist of sorrow chills this foggy river Everything I love is gone Always knew some day you'd let me down I've got troubles on my mind I guess I'm doomed
danger waits, I may go on My Master looks then until He finds me He?ll kindly backed him to the fold I know for sure He?ll love and protect me Oh, when
Oh, yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her hand She's drinkin' away her troubles She's a-courtin' another man Last time I saw little Maggie