Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm, uh huh. (Repeat)
  Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm, I ain't never done nobody no harm.
  
  Bet your life I'm going to jail, uh huh. (Repeat)
  You can bet your life I'm going to jail, judge bought a Cadillac with my bail.
  
  Loadin' that cotton in a hundred pound sack, uh huh. (Repeat)
  Loadin' that cotton in a hundred pound sack, got a twelve gauge shot gun at my back.
  
  I be in jail for the rest of my life, uh huh. (Repeat)
  You know that I be in jail for the rest of my life, all I ever did was to shot my wife, uh huh.
  
  Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm, uh huh. Uh huh. I ain't never done nobody no harm.
  Uh huh. Uh huh. Bet your life I'm going to jail.
  Uh huh. Uh huh. Sittin' down here on a Parchment Farm.