The Convict And The Rose Lyrics - Marty Robbins

Within my prison cell so dreary 

Alone I sit with weary heart 

Thinkin' of my lonely darlin' 

From her forever, I must part 

A rose she sent me as a token 

She sent it just to light'n my gloom 

To tell me that her heart was broken 

To cheer me before I meet my doom 

She wrote I took it from the garden 

Where once we wandered side by side 

But 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 

But to the rose in all its glory 

"Not guilty" is all that I can say