The warden led a prisoner   Down the hallway to his doom   And I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest   Then I heard him tell the warden   There's a song my mama sang   Let my guitar playing friend, do my request      Chorus:   Let him 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      Well, I recall last sunday evening   When a choir came off the street   They came in singing a few old gospel songs   Then I heard him tell the warden   Just before he reached my cell   Won't you sing it once before we move along      (chorus)   Won't you sing me back home before I die