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Went out last night to make a little round

I met little Sadie and I blow her down

Went back home and jump in my bed

Forty-four smokeless under my head

Waked up next morning 'bout a half past nine

The hacks and the buggies all standing in line

The gents and the gamblers standing all round

Taking little Sadie to her burying ground

I begin to think what a deed I'd done

I grabbed my hat and away I run

Made a good run but a little too slow

They overtook me in Jericho

I's standing on the corner reading the bill

When up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville

He said "Young man ain't your name Brown

Remember that night you blow Sadie down "

I said "Yes sir my name is Lee

I murdered little Sadie in the first degree

First degree and the second degree

If you got any papers won't you read 'em to me "

They took me downtown dressed me in black

To put me on the train and carry me back

Cram me back in that Thomasville jail

And I had no money for to go my bail

The judge and the jury they took their stand

The judge had the papers in his right hand

Forty-one days and forty-one nights

Forty-one years to wear the ball and the stripes