Well have you seen my dark haired girl She was sellin' her love to a hungry world They got her clothes and the money she took And they wrote her name in the prison book Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my dark haired girl She's tired and cold and you got the gold she took from a hungry world Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my dark haired girl [ fiddle ] Well have you seen my green eyed son He shot a man down with a sort of gun And they found him down by the ponchartrain Where they cuffed his hands with a big iron chain Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my green eyed son I heard him say as they led him away sorry for what he's done Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my green eyed son [ fiddle ] Well have you missed my brother man He took a little money with a gun in his hand Now the kids are hungry and the wife ain't well And their daddy's locked up in the prison cell Oh Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my brother man I know it's sad but he ain't bad he's doin' the best he can Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my brother man
