Went out last night to take a little round,
Met my Little Sadie and I blowed her down
Run right home and I went to bed,
A forty-four smokeless under my head
I begin to think what a deed I done,
I grabbed my hat and begin to run
I made a good run, but I went too slow,
They overtook me down in Jericho
Standing on the corner a-ringing a bell
And up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville,
Says, 'Young man, is your name Brown?
Remember the night you blowed Sadie down'
'Oh, yes, Sir, my name is Lee,
I murdered little Sadie in the first degree,
First degree and second degree,
If u got any papers, will you save 'em to me?'
Took me downtown and dressed me in black,
They put me on a train and brought me back,
Had no one for to go my bail,
Crammed me back to the county jail.
The judge and the jury they took their stand,
Judge had his papers in his right hand.
Forty-one days, forty-one nights,
Forty-one years to wear the ball and the stripes.
Met my Little Sadie and I blowed her down
Run right home and I went to bed,
A forty-four smokeless under my head
I begin to think what a deed I done,
I grabbed my hat and begin to run
I made a good run, but I went too slow,
They overtook me down in Jericho
Standing on the corner a-ringing a bell
And up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville,
Says, 'Young man, is your name Brown?
Remember the night you blowed Sadie down'
'Oh, yes, Sir, my name is Lee,
I murdered little Sadie in the first degree,
First degree and second degree,
If u got any papers, will you save 'em to me?'
Took me downtown and dressed me in black,
They put me on a train and brought me back,
Had no one for to go my bail,
Crammed me back to the county jail.
The judge and the jury they took their stand,
Judge had his papers in his right hand.
Forty-one days, forty-one nights,
Forty-one years to wear the ball and the stripes.