Clarence Ashley
Little Sadie
Went out one night for to make a little roundI met little Sadie and I shot her downWent back home and I got in my bedForty four pistol under my headWake up next morning 'bout a half past nineThe hacks and the buggies all standing in lineGents and the gamblers standing all roundTaking little Sadie to her burying groundThen I begin to think what a deed I'd doneI grabbed my hat and away I runMade a good run but a little too slowThey overtook me in JerichoI was standing on the corner, reading the billWhen up stepped the sheriff from ThomasvilleHe said, young man, ain't your name Brown?Remember the night you shot Sadie down?I said, yes, sir, my name is LeeI murdered little Sadie in the first degreeAnd first degree and the second degreeIf you got any papers, won't you read 'em to me?They took me downtown and dressed me in blackLetras de cancionesPut me on the train and started me backThey crammed me back in that Thomasville jailAnd I had no money for to go my bailThat judge and the jury, they took their standThe judge had the papers in his right handForty one days and forty one nightsForty one years to wear the ball and the stripes
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