Had no friends for to go my bail
Said, "Yes, oh yes my name is Willy Lee
Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun
When I was arrested I was dressed in black
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down"
They slapped my dried up carcass in that country jail
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
Holding the verdict in his right hand
Ninety-nine years in the San Quentin pen
Late in the hot joints takin' the pills
I can't forget the day I shot my woman down
Shot her down because she made me slow
I hollered, "Lowdy, Lowdy have a mercy on me"
Took a transfusion and away I run
Made a good run but I run too slow
Verdict read in the first degree
He said, "Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
Went right home and I went to bed
The judge he smiled as he picked up his been
Put me on a train and they took me back
I saw that little judge commenced to look about
Into the courtroom my trial began
They overtook me down in Juarez Mexico
Come on you guys and listen unto me
In about five minutes in walked the man
If you've got a warrant just a read it to me"
Where I was handled by twelve honest men
I stuck that lovin' 44 beneath my head
Just before the jury started out
