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I woke up in the morning about half past nine
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The hacks and the buggies standing in line
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Gents and gamblers standing around
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Taking little Sadie to her burying ground

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I began to think of what a deed I'd done
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I grabbed my hat and away I run
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Made a good run, just a little too slow
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They overtook me in jericho

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Standing on the corner a reading a bill
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And up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville
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He said miss is your name Brown
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Remember the night you shot Sadie down

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I said oh yes sir but my name is Lee
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And I murdered little Sadie in the first degree
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First degree and second degree
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Got any papers will you read 'em to me

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So they took me downtown and dressed me in black
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Put me on a train and started me back
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All the way back to the Thomasville jail
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Had no money for to go my bail

[Solo]
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[Verse]
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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 stripes

[Outro]
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Went out one night to make a little round
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I met little Sadie and I shot her down
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Went back home, jumped into bed
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44 pistol under my head

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