The water is like turpentine The meat I cannot chew The tax man only want my gold And robbed it from my boot The law man threw me in here Then tossed away the key If faith is mine don't let me die In this strange country Went first into the city No trouble did I seek Until the law men of the crown Bound cuffs of iron on me But there was no trouble I had done No slander did I speak Wide eyed I was caught walking down The wrong side of the street The water is like turpentine The meat I cannot chew The tax man only want my gold And robbed it from my boot The law man threw me in here The tossed away the key If faith is mine don't let me die In this strange country I long to cross the border line And smell the new born hay But in this dungeon I will lie Until I rot away The water is like turpentine The meat I cannot chew The tax man only want my gold And robbed it from my boot The law man threw me in here Then tossed away the key If faith is mine don't let me die In this strange country