Little Sadie

Lyrics

[Chorus] Went out one night to make a little round I met Little Sadie and I shot her down Went back home, jumped into bed .44 pistol under my head [Verse 1] I woke up in the morning about half past nine The hacks and the buggies standing in line Gents and gamblers standing around Taking Little Sadie to her burying ground I began to think of what a deed I'd done I grabbed my hat and away I'd run Made a good run, just a little too slow They overtook me in Jericho [Verse 2] Standing on the corner a-reading a bill And up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville He said "Miss, is your name Brown? Remember the night you shot Sadie down?" I said, "Oh, yes, sir, but my name is Lee And I murdered Little Sadie in the first degree First degree and second degree Got any papers, will you read 'em to me?" [Verse 3] So they took me downtown and dressed me in black Put me on a train and started me back All the way back to the Thomasville jail Had no money for to go my bail [Instrumental Break] [Verse 4] 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 stripes [Chorus] Went out one night to make a little round I met Little Sadie and I shot her down Went back home, jumped into bed .44 pistol under my head [Instrumental Outro]