作词 : Troy Junius Arnall/William Lee Nichols
 作曲 : Troy Junius Arnall/William Lee Nichols
Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
I took a shot of ******* and I shot my woman down
I went right home and I went to bed
Stuck that lovin' forty-four beneath my head
Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun
Took a shot of ******* and away I run
Made a good run but I run too slow
They overtook me down in Juarez  Mexico
Played in the hot joints, takin' the pills
In walked a sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down
I said yes sir my name is Willie Lee
If  you've got a warrant just read it to me
Well 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 friends for to go my bail
Slapped my dried up carcass in the county jail
Early next morning about a half past nine
I spied a sheriff comin' down the line
Coughed and he coughed as he cleared his throat
He said come on you dirty hack into that district court
Into the court room my trial began
I was handled by twelve honest men
Before the jury started out
I  saw that little judge commence to look about
In about five minutes in walked a man
Holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict said in the first degree
I  shouted "lordy lordy" have mercy on me
The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen
Ninety nine years in the Folsom pen
Ninety nine years underneath that ground
Can't forget that day I shot that woman down
Come on you hacks now listen to me
You gotta lay off that whiskey and  let that ******* be