Little Sadie

[Intro] Went out last night to take a little round I met my Little Sadie and I brought her down I ran right home and I went to bed With a forty-four smokeless under my head [Verse 1] I began to think what a deed I'd done I grabbed my hat and I began to run I made a good run but I ran too slow They overtook me down in Jericho [Verse 2] Standing on a corner a ringing' my bell Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville He said "Young man is your name Brown Remember you blowed Sadie down?" [Verse 3] "Oh yes sir, my name is Lee I murdered Little Sadie in the first degree First degree and second degree If you've got any papers will you serve them to me?" [Verse 4] Well they took me down town and they dressed me in black They put me on a train and they sent me back I had no one to go my bail They crammed me back into the county jail [Verse 5] Oh, yes they did The judge and the jury they took their stand The judge had the papers in his right hand Forty-one days, forty-one nights Forty-one years to wear the ball and the stripes Oh, no! [Outro] Went out last night to take a little round I met Little Sadie and I blowed her down I ran right home and I went to bed A forty-four smokeless under my head