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