Little Sadie Lyrics - Tim O'brien

Went out one night to make a little round, 

I met little Sadie and I shot her down 

Went back home and I got into bed 

Forty four smokeless under my head 

Woke up the next morning bout half past nine 

The hacks and the buggies all standin in line 

The gents and the gamblers standing around 

Taking little Sadie to her buryin ground 

I began to think what a deed I done, 

Grabbed my hat and away I run 

I made a good run but a little too slow 

They overtook me in Jericho 

I was standin on the corner readin my bill 

When up stepped the sheriff of Thomasville 

He said young man ain't your name Browne 

Remember the night you shot Sadie down 

I said yes sir my name is Lee 

I murdered little Sadie in the first degree 

First degree and the second degree 

If you have any papers won't you read em to me 

They took me downtown, dressed me in black 

Put me on the train and started me back 

Locked me up in that Thomasville jail 

I had no money for to go my bail 

The judge and the jury they made their stand 

The judge had the paper in his right hand, 

He said forty one days, forty one nights 

Forty one years to wear the ball and the stripes