[Verse 1]
Went out last night for to take a little round
I met little Sadie and I blowed her down
I run right home and I went to bed
Forty four smokeless under my head

[Verse 2]
I begin to think what a deed I'd done
I grabbed my hat and away'd I run
I made a good run just a little too slow
They overtook me in Jericho

[Verse 3]
Standing on the corner, ringing the bell
When up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville
He says, "Young man, ain't your name Brown?
Remember the night you blow Sadie down?"

[Verse 4]
"Oh yes, sir, my namе is Lee
I murdered little Sadiе in the first-degree
First-degree and the second-degree
Got any papers, won't you read 'em to me?"

[Verse 5]
They took me downtown and dressed me in black
They put me on the train and sent me back
Had no one for to go my bail
Crammed me back in the county jail
[Verse 6]
Judge and the jury took their stand
Judge had his papers in his right hand
Forty-one days, forty-one nights
Forty-one years to wear the ball and the stripes