Another variant, a fragment.

Lyr. Add: MEET ME TONIGHT

For if I had of listened to mamma,
An' listened to what mamma said,
I would not have been in this here prison,
But slept in my own little bed.

I once had a sister an' brother,
I once had a gal to go see,
I once had a father an' mother
In that little cottage by the sea.

If I had the wings of a sparrow,
Far away from this prison I'd fly,
I'd fly to the arms of my true love,
An' there I would lay down and die.

Mrs. Dale Stouts, Missouri, 1931.

Vance Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, vol. 4, C, p. 227.