Footsteps of the warder With his bunch of jingling keys Is there another prisoner coming in For I and I will be free? Now he is walking up the corridor As I stand here militantly The same judge who found me guilty Could have proved my innocency Innocency, jingling keys They do as they please So brothers don’t you worry Just build your unity They only try to test us To see if they weaken us mentally But some day they’ll be sorry For the real culprits will be Behind those iron curtains Then I’ll have those jingling keys Jingling keys, they do as they please Jingling keys, they jingle for me