Early one mornin' while making the rounds   I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down   Went right home and I went to bed   I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head      Got up next morning and I grabbed my gun   I took a shot of cocaine and away I run   Made a good run but I run too slow   They overtook me down in Juarez Mexico      I laid in the hot joint, takin' the pill   In walked the Sheriff from Jericho Hill   He said, ?Willie Lee, your name is not Jack Brown   You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down?      Yes, oh yes, my name is Willie Lee   If you've got a warrant just read it to me   I shot her down 'cause she made me slow   I thought I was her daddy but she had five more      When I was arrested, I was dressed in black   They put me on a train and they took me back   I had no friend for to go my bail   They slapped my doddered carcass in that county jail      The next morning 'bout a half past nine   I spied a Sheriff comin' down the line   He kind of coughed as he cleared his throat   He said, ?Come on you dirty hack, to the district court?      I entered the courtroom and my trial began   Where I was held by twelve honest men   Just before the jury started out   I saw that dirty judge commence to look about      In about five minutes, in walked a man   Holding the verdict in his right hand   The verdict read ?In the first degree"   I hollered, "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me?      The judge smiled as he picked up his pen   ?Ninety-nine years in the Folsom State Pen?   Ninety-nine years underneath that ground   I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down      Come on you've gotta listen up to me   ?Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be?      [Incomprehensible]