A popular ballad from 1926
Words and music by Chas. E. Roat
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. A dear little girl stood there crying
By an old gloomy prison wall
The warden so kind heard her sighing
As he listened to her call
Chorus:
I want a pardon for daddy
For mother is lonely and sad
I know he’ll go straight if they’ll open the gate
For daddy was all that we had
Last night while mother was praying
I prayed to the Angels above
I want a pardon for daddy
To bring back the daddy we love
2. She said she had come for her daddy
But the warden just bowed his head
For tears in his eyes quickly started
As these words to him she said
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: