Doc Watson – I Heard My Mother Weeping (Guitar)

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The big courtroom was crowded as the jury heard my plea

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I cried sir, I'm not guilty of the crime you're accusing me

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I guess no one believed me for they only turned away

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To give the judge their verdict while I bowed my head and prayed

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I heard my mother weeping when the judge said "Guilty, son"

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I'll have to give you life now for this crime that you have done

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She cried "Don't take my darlin', he means the world to me

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He's all I have to live for, I pray you'll set him free."

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His father was a drunkard, went away, left us alone

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I worked to earn a living and to raise an honest son

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Now if you take him from me his face no more I'll see

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Just put your son in his place, his mother here with me

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The judge sat there with head bowed, at first did not reply

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And then I saw him brushing the teardrops from his eyes

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He motioned to the jury, this sentence can't be done

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God bless you, darling mother. I still love you and my son