please mr jailer won t you let my man go free please mr jailer won t you let my man go free that night in october 1953 how could he be in frisco he was home with me please mr jailer won t you let my man go free you put him in a death cell and then you changed your mind then when you reprieved him you gave him 99 please mr jailer won t you let my man go free yeah yeah please mr jailer won t you let my man go free i know that no other one will ever do and i know the answer s all up to you please mr jailer won t you let my man go free i ve been down here so often you don t even ask my name and if you keep him all his life i ll be here just the same please won t you let my man go free yeah yeah please mr jailer won t you let my man go free  that night in october 1953 how could he be in frisco he was home with me please mr jailer won t you let my man go free go free go free go free go free go free