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