Daniel Lanois - Little Sadie lyrics

I went out last night to make little round I met my little Sadie and I took her down I went back home and I got into bed With a forty four pistol under my head We were talking next morning about half past nine Horse and the buggies all standing in line Gents and the gamblers hanging around They're taking little Sadie to the burying ground Then I began to think what a deed I'd done I grabbed my hat and away I run I made a good run but a little too slow They overtook me in Jericho I was standing on a corner ringing my bell When up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville He said, young man, is you name Brown? Remember the night you shot Sadie down? I said, yes, sir, my name is Lee I murdered little Sadie in the first degree The first degree and the second degree If you've got any papers won't you read them to me? They took me down town and dressed me in black They put me on the train and started me back They took me down to the Thomasville jail I had no money for to go my bail The judge and the jury they took their stand The judge held the papers in his right hand Forty one days and forty one nights Forty one years to wear the ball and the stripes