The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #20334   Message #211014
Posted By: ddw
13-Apr-00 - 01:07 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Prisoner's Song (Dalhart , et al.)
Subject: The Prisoner's Song
I'm looking for the lyrics to an old tune by this name that we used to have on an old 78-rpm record that was about a quarter of an inch thick and only pressed on one side. I clicked on what's listed under that title in the DT and got Wings of a Gull, which isn't the same, tho' the note at the bottom refers to the tune.

The one I'm looking for, in part, goes:

If I had the wings of an angel
Over these prison walls I would fly
And I'd fly to the arms of my poor darlin'
And there I'd be willing to die.

Please meet me tonight in the moonlight
Please meet me tonight all alone
For I have a sad story to tell you
It's a story that's never been told

Any help much appreciated...

david