The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom I got up up to say good-bye like all the rest And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell Let my guitar playing friend do my request Won't you Sing me back home with a song I used to hear Make my old memories come alive Take me away and turn back the years Sing Me Back Home before I die I recall last Sunday morning when a choir came in from town And got up to sing a few old gospel songs Then I heard him tell the singers there's a song my mama sang. Would you sing it just once before we move along Won't you Sing me back home with a song I used to hear Make my old memories come alive Take me away and turn back the years Sing Me Back Home before I die