Moonlight
The Prisoner's Song

Meet me by moonlight alone, And then I will tell you a tale, Must be told by the moonlight alone, In the grove at the end of the vale. You must promise to come, for I said I would show the night flowers their queen, Nay, turn not away that sweet head! 'Tis the loveliest ever was seen! |: Oh! meet me by moonlight alone, Meet me by moonlight alone! :| 1. Meet me tonight, lover, meet me, O meet me in the moonlight alone, I have a sad story to tell you, Must be told in the moonlight alone. 2. I'm going to jail to-morrow, And leave my poor darlin' alone, With the cold prison bars all around me, And my head on a pillow of stone.

3. Your father and mother don't like me, Or they'd never've drove me from their door; If I had my life to live over I would never go there no more. 4. I wish I had never been born Or had died when I was young. I would never have saw your sweet face Or heard your lying tongue. 5. If I had a-minded my mother I had been with her today, But I was young and foolish And you stole my heart away. 6. I have three ships on the ocean all laden with silver and gold; And before my darlin' should suffer I'd have them all anchored and sold. 7. If I had the wings of an eagle Across the wide sea I would fly. I would fly to the arms of my darling And there I would stay till I die.

The Prisoner's Song(V2)

Oh, I wish I had someone to love me, Someone to call me her own. Oh, I wish I had someone to live with, Cause I'm tired of living alone. Oh please, meet me tonight in the moonlight, Meet me tonight all alone, For I have a sad story to tell you-- It's a story that's never been told. I'll be carried to a new jail tomorrow, Leaving my poor darling alone, With the cold prison bars all around me And my head on a pillow of stone. Now I have a grand ship on the ocean, All mounted with silver and gold, And before my poor darling would suffer, That ship would be anchored and sold. Now if I had the wings of an angel, Over these prison walls I would fly, I'd fly to the arms of my poor darling, And there I'd be willing to die.

Sad Prisoner's Song

I'm a prisoner alone and forgotten
I'll be here until the day I die
All because when a boy I was foolish
All because I was fast with a knife

Refrain
I'm a man that's doomed to be lonely
I'm a man that's doomed to be sad
I've got no name, just a number
And I've lost all the friends that I've had

If I had my life to live over
I'd travel the narrow and straight
But I'd still be at home with my loved ones
And not behind these iron gates

* Refrain

Young men when you have heard my story
Let it teach you the right from the wrong
And I know my life wasn't wasted
Writing this sad prisoner's song

* Refrain