Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair

Judge, you wanna hear my plea

Before you open up your court

But I don't want no sympathy

'Cause I done cut my good man's throat

I caught him with a trifling Jane

I warned him 'bout before

I had my knife and went insane

And the rest you ought to know

Judge, Judge, please, Mr. Judge

Send me to the 'lectric chair

Judge, Judge, good Mr. Judge

Let me go away from here

I wanna take a journey

To the devil down below

I done killed my man

I wanna reap just what I've sowed

Oh, Judge, Judge, lordy, lordy, Judge

Send me to the 'lectric chair

Judge, Judge, hear me, Judge

Send me to the 'lectric chair

Judge, Judge, send me there, Judge

I love him so dear

• Artist:Bessie Smith