Doc Watson – Little Sadie (Ukulele)

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Went out last night to take a little round

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I met Little Sadie and I blowed her down

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I run right home and fell to bed

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A forty-four Pistol up-under my head

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Woke up the next morning Bout Half Past Nine

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The Hacks And The Buggies All Standing In Line

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Gents And Gamblers All Standing around

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For To Carry Little Sadie To Her Burying Ground

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Ooohhh

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Began To Think What A Deed I Did Done

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I grabbed my pistol and away I Did run

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I made a good run, just a little too slow

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They overtook me in Jericho

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Standing on the corner a-ringing a bell

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And up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville

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Says, 'Young man, is your name Brown?

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Remember when you blowed Sadie down.'

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'Oh, yes, Sir, my name is Lee

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I murdered little Sadie in the first degree

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First degree and second degree

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Got any papers, will you read 'em to me?'

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Ooohhh

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Took me downtown and dressed me in black

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They put me on a train and they sent me back

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Had no one for to go my bail

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Crammed me back in the county jail

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Judge and the jury took their stand

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Judge had his papers in his right hand

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Forty-one days, forty-one nights

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Forty-one years to wear the ball and the stripes

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Ooohhhh

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Jury Says Murder In The First Degree

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I Says “Oh Lord Have Mercy On Me”

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Old Judge White Picks Up His Pen

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Says “you’ll never Kill No Woman Again”