Im Free - Jimmie Rodgers

I’ve got rid of the shackles that bound me

And the guards who were always around me

Like the bird in the tree

I’ve found my liberty

And I’m free from the chain gang now

Long ago I was known and respected

Then one day I was falsely suspected

And they put me in jail

Working out in the rain

But I’m free from the chain gang now

I know my mother’s poor heart was broken

'Cause she knew that an untruth was spoken;

There were tears on the mail

That she sent me to jail

But I’m free from the chain gang now