Almost Done Lyrics - Singles - The Weavers

On a Monday I was arrested 

On a Tuesday I was locked up in jail 

On a Wednesday my trial was tested 

On a Thursday nobody to give my bail 

Lord it's all, almost done, Lord it's all, almost done 

Oh, Lord it's all, almost done 

And I ain't gonna see those pretty girls no more 

Take these stripes, stripes them of my shoulder 

Take these chains, chains from around my legs 

Well, these stripes, no they don't worry me 

But these chains, these chains are gonna kill me dead 

Lord it's all, almost done, Lord it's all, almost done 

Oh, Lord it's all, almost done 

And I ain't gonna see those pretty girls no more 

Well, she whispered, she whispered to her mama 

She said Mama I can't see how he stands 

'Cause he's only, he's only sweet sixteen, Lord 

But they're drive him, they're driving him like a man" 

Lord it's all, almost done, Lord it's all, almost done 

Oh, Lord it's all, almost done 

And I ain't gonna see those pretty girls no more 

Well, I know, I know that someday 

These gates, these gates gonna open wide 

And we'll be gone, gone from here singin' 

But the captain, we've gonna leave him inside 

Lord it's all, almost done, oh, Lord it's all, almost done 

Oh, Lord it's all, almost done 

And I ain't gonna see those pretty girls no more