Betty told Dupree, "I want a diamond ring"   Betty told Dupree, "I want a diamond ring"   Dupree told Betty, "I'll give you most anything"      He said, "Lie down, little Betty, see what tomorrow brings"   He said, "Lie down, little Betty, see what tomorrow brings"   It may bring sunshine, may bring you that diamond ring"      Then he got his pistol, went to the jewelry store   Then he got his pistol, went to the jewelry store   Killed a policeman and he wounded four or five more      Then he went to the post office to get the evening mail   Then he went to the post office to get the evening mail   Sheriff caught poor Dupree and put him in that old Atlanta jail      Dupree's mother said to Betty, "Looka' here what you done done"   Dupree's mother said to Betty, "Looka' here what you done done   Made my boy rob and steal, now he is gonna be hung"      Betty went to the jailhouse, she could not see Dupree   Betty went to the jailhouse, she could not see Dupree   She told the jailer, "Tell him these words for me      I come to see you, baby, I could not see your face   I come to see you, baby, I could not see your face   You know I love you, but I cannot take your place"      Sail on, sail on, sail on, Dupree, sail on   Sail on, sail on, sail on, Dupree, sail on   You don't mind sailing, you'll be gone so doggone long      Betty and Dupree traditional      Dupree was a bandit; he was so brave and bol'   He stoled a diamond ring for some of Betty's jelly roll   Betty tol' Dupree, "I want a diamond ring"   Dupree tol' Betty, "I'll give you anything"      "Michigan water taste like cherry wine   The reason I know, Betty drink it all the time   "I'm going away to the end of the railroad track   Nothing but sweet Betty can bring me back      Dupree tol' the lawyer, "Clear me if you can   For I have money to back me, sure as I'm a man   The lawyer tol' Dupree, you are a very brave man   But I think you will go to jail and hang"      Dupree tol' the judge, "I am not so brave and bol'   But all I wanted was Betty's jelly roll"   The judge tol' Dupree, "Jelly roll's gonna be your ruin   "No, no, judge, for that is what I done quit doing"      The judge tol' Dupree, "I believe you quit too late   Because it is already your fate