Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm, uh huh (Repeat)
Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm, I ain't never done nobody no harm

Bet your life I'm going to jail, uh huh (Repeat)
You can bet your life I'm going to jail, judge bought a Cadillac with my bail

Loadin' that cotton in a hundred pound sack, uh huh (Repeat)
Loadin' that cotton in a hundred pound sack, got a twelve gauge shot gun at my back

I be in jail for the rest of my life, uh huh (Repeat)
You know that I be in jail for the rest of my life, all I ever did was to shot my wife, uh huh

Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm, uh huh Uh huh I ain't never done nobody no harm
Uh huh Uh huh Bet your life I'm going to jail
Uh huh Uh huh Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm