Oh, my mama's in the cold, cold ground
My daddy, he went away
My sister married a gamblin' man
And now I'm gone astray
I sit here in this old jail
And I do the best I can
Get to thinking about the woman I loved
She ran away with another man
She ran away with another man, poor boy
She ran away with another man
Get to thinking about the woman I loved
She ran away with another man
I went out on the prairie
And I stopped the Katy train
Took a bag of mail from standing there / Took a bag of mail from the baggage coach
And I walked away in the rain
They got the bloodhounds on me
And they run me up a tree
Said, "Come down from there, my boy
And go to the penitentiary"
I said, "Mr. judge, Mr. Judge
What you goin' to do to me?"
Said, "If the jury finds you guilty, my boy
I'm goin' to send you to the penitentiary"
They took me to the railroad station
A train come rollin' by
I looked in the window, saw the woman I loved
And I hung my head and cried