The Convict and the Rose Songtext
von Hank Snow

Within my prison cell so dreary
I sit alone with achin′ heart
I'm dreamin′ of my little darlin'
From her forever, i must part
The rose she sent me as a token
She sent it just to lighten my gloom
And tell me that her heart was broken
And cheer me before i meet my doom
She wrote i picked it from the garden,
Where once we wandered side by side.
Now you hold no hope of pardon,
And i can never be your bride.


The judge would not believe my story
The jury said i had to pay
And with the rose in all its glory
"Not guilty" was all that i could say
Goodbye, sweetheart, for in the morning
To meet my maker i must go
And when i die at daylight's dawnin′
Against my heart they′ll find this rose
Within my prison cell so dreary
I sit alone with achin' heart
I′m dreamin' of my little darlin′
From her forever, i must part