Joe Bean (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA|1st Show|- January 1968) - Johnny Cash

Written by：Leon Pober/Bud Freeman

See through the prison bars Joe Bean

See where the gallow stand

Just twenty short years from the day you were born

You'll die by the hangman's hand

Yes they're hanging Joe Bean this morning

For a shooting that he never did

He killed 20 men

By the time he was 10

He was an unruly kid

Yes they're hanging Joe Bean for the

One shooting that Joe Bean never did

Well Joe your mother is at the Capitol

Asking the governor for a stay

And it's hard on her

'Cause she knows where you were

On that particular day

You were working Joe Bean

Hard working robbing the Santa Fe

Well the telegraph wires are humming

Here the governor's words come through

He said 'I can't set you free it's not up to me

But there's much Joe Bean I'll do

I'll join your mother in extending

Birthday greetings to you

Happy Birthday Joe Bean