Luke Abbott - Little Sadie lyrics

I went out one night to take a little round I met little Sadie and I blowed her down I run back home and I got into bed Forty-four smokeless under my head Woke up next mornin' 'bout half past nine The hacks and the buggies standing in line Gents and the gamblers standing all around To carry little Sadie to the burying ground Well I begin to think, what a deed I done I grabbed my hat and away I did run I made a good run, just a little too slow They overtook me in Jericho Standing on the corner readin' the bill Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville He said, young man, ain't 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 The first degree and the second degree If you got any papers, don't you read 'em to me They took me downtown, they dressed me in black They put me on the train and they started me back I had no money for to go my bail So they crammed me back in the county jail Judge and the jury took their stand Judge he had the papers in his right hand Forty-one days, forty-one nights Forty-one years to wear the ball and the stripes