Little Sadie

I went out last night to take a little round I met my Little Sadie and I brought her down I ran right home and I went to bed With a forty-four smokeless under my head I went out last night to take a little round I met my Little Sadie and I brought her down I ran right home and I went to bed With a forty-four smokeless under my head I began to think what a deed I'd done I grabbed my hat and the way I've run I made a good run but I ran too slow They overtook me down in Jericho Standin' on a corner, ringin' my bell Up stepped Sheriff from Thomasville He said, "Young man is you name Brown? Remember the night that you blowed Little Sadie down" "Oh yes, Sir, my name is Lee I murdered Little Sadie in the first degree First degree and second degree You got any papers, will you serve 'em to me?" Took me down town and they dressed me in black They put me on a train and they brought me back I had no one to go my bail Crammed me back into the county jail Judge and jury took their stand Judge had the papers in his hand Forty-one days, forty-one nights Forty-one years to wear the ball and stripes