Early one morning The blues came fallin' down Early one morning The blues came fallin' down I was all locked up in jail And prison bound When they had my trial, baby You couldn't even be found When they had my trial, baby You could not be found I was all locked up in jail And prison bound But it's too late to cry, baby You're daddy's prison bound When they had my trial, baby You know you couldn't be found When they had my trial Baby, you could not be found But it's too late to cry, baby Your daddy's prison bound I guess I'm out, baby I ain't got no more to say Bye, bye, bye, baby Your daddy ain't go no more to say But I am all locked up in jail And prison bound