[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 Thomasvillе
He said "Miss, is your name Brown?
Remеmber 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]