i went out one night for to make a little round i met little sadie and i shot her down went back home got into bed a forty four pistol under my head i wake up the next morning about half past nine the hacks and the buggies all standing in line gents and camper are standing around carrying little sadie to her burying ground well i began to think of what a deed i d done i grabbed my hat and away i run made a good run but a little too slow they overtook me in jericho i was standing on the corner reading the bill when up stepped the sheriff from thomasville said young man ain t your name brown remember the night you shot sadie down well i said yes sir but my name is lee and i shot little sadie in the first degree first degree and the second degree if you got any papers won t you read them to me they took me down town and dressed me in black and they put me on a train and started me back all the way back to that thomasville jail and i had no money for to go my bail well the judge and the jury took their stand the judge had the papers in his right hand forty one days and forty one nights forty one years to wear the ball and stripes