W ell have you seen my dark-haired girl?
S he was set on her love to a hungry world
T hey got her clothes and the money she took
A nd they wrote her name in the prison book
O rleans Parish P rison won't you f ree my dark-haired girl?
She's t ired and cold and you g ot the gold
She t ook from a hungry world
O rleans Parish P rison won't you f ree my dark-haired g irl?
W ell have you seen my green-eyed son?
H e shot a man down with a sawed off gun
A nd they found him down by the Pontchartrain
W here they cuffed his hands with a big iron chain
O rleans Parish P rison won't you f ree my green-eyed son?
I h eard him say as they l ed him away
Sorry f or what he's done
O rleans Parish P rison won't you f ree my green-eyed s on?
W ell have you missed my brother man?
H e took a little money with a gun in his hand
N ow the kids are hungry and the wife ain't well
A nd the daddy's locked up in a prison cell
O rleans Parish P rison won't you f ree my brother man?
I k now it's sad but he a in't bad
He's d oing the best he can
O rleans Parish P rison won't you f ree my brother m an?
O rleans Parish P rison i m iss my green-eyed son
I l ove my dark-haired g irl
I n eed my brother man
O rleans Parish P rison i wish you'd f ree them if you c an