Little Sadie

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Went out last night, take a little round Met little Sadie and I blowed her down Then I run right home and went to bed With a forty-four smokeless under my head [Verse 2] The girls all heard little Sadie was dead They went home to be ragged in red Come a-slippin' and a-slidin' down the street In their loose Mother Hubbards and their stocking feet [Verse 3] Well I began to think what a deed I'd done Grabbed my hat and I started to run I made a good run, just a little too slow And they overtook me in Jericho [Verse 4] Standing on the corner reading a bill Up stepped the sheriff of Thomasville Said, "Young man, is your name Lee Brown? Remember the night you blowed Sadie down?" [Verse 5] "Well yes," I said, "my name is Lee I murdered little Sadie in a first degree First degree and a second degree If you got any papers, read 'em to me" [Verse 6] Took me downtown, dressed me in black Put me on a train and sent me back Didn't have no one to go on my bail Throw me back in a county jail [Verse 7] Judge and the jury took their stand Judge had the papers in his hand Forty-one days and forty-one nights Forty-one years just wearing them stripes