Went

out

one

night

for

to

make

a

lit-

tle

round

I

met

litt-

le

Sa-

die

and

I

shot

her

down

Went

back

home

and

I

got

in

my

bed

4-

4

pis-

tol

un-

der

my

head

Wake

up

nex-

t

mo-

rning

'bout

a

half

past

nine

The

hacks

and

the

bug-

gies

all

stan-

ding

in

line

Gents

and

the

gam-

blers

stan-

ding

all

around

Ta-

king

litt-

le

Sa-

die

to

her

bu-

ry-

ing

ground

Then

I

be-

gin

to

think

what

a

deed

I'd

done

I

grabbed

my

hat

an-

d

a-

way

I

run

I

made

a

good

run

but

a

litt-

le

too

slow

They

o-

ver-

took

me

in

Je-

ric-

ho

I

was

standing

on

the

cor-

ner,

reading

the

bill

When

up

stepped

the

she-

riff

from

Tho-

mas-

ville

He

says,

"Young

man,

ain't

your

name

Brown?

Re-

mem-

ber

the

night

you

shot

Sa-

die

down?"

I

says,

"Yes,

sir,

my

name

is

Lee

I

mur-

dered

litt-

le

Sa-

die

in

the

first

deg-

ree

And

the

first

deg-

ree

and

the

se-

cond

de-

gree

If

you

got

any

pa-

pers,

won't

you

read

'em

to

me?"

They

took

me

down-

town

and

dressed

me in

black

Put

me

on

the

train

and

star-

ted

me

back

They

crammed

me

back

in

that

Tho-

mas-

vi-

lle

jail

And

I

had

no

mo-

ney

for

to

go

my

bail

That

judge

and

the

ju-

ry,

they

took

their

stand

The

judge

had

the

pa-

pers

in

his

right

hand

4-

1

days

and

4-

1

nights

4-

1

years

to

wear

the

ball

and

the

stripes