******* Blues-Johnny Cash

[00:07.94]Early one morning while making the rounds [00:11.25]I took a shot of ******* and I shot my woman down [00:14.56]I went right home and I went to bed [00:17.68]I stuck that loving 44 beneath my head [00:19.92] [00:24.04]Got up next morning and I grabbed that gun [00:27.10]took a shot of ******* and away I run [00:30.23]Made a good run but I run too slow [00:33.60]they overtook me down in Juarez Mexico [00:35.20] [00:40.13]Late in the hot joints taking the pills [00:43.06]in walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill [00:46.37]He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown [00:49.74]You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down [00:51.09] [00:56.90]Said yes oh yes my name is Willy Lee [00:59.83]if you've got the warrant just aread it to me [01:03.20]Shot her down because she made me sore [01:06.26]I thought I was her daddy but she had five more [01:08.08] [01:13.00]When I was arrested I was dressed in black [01:15.81]They put me on a train and they took me back [01:18.87]Had no friend for to go my bail [01:21.86]they slapped my dried up carcass in that country jail [01:27.04] [01:56.25]Early next morning bout a half past nine [01:59.12]I spied the sheriff coming down the line [02:02.49]Ah and he coughed as he cleared his throat [02:05.38]He said come on you dirty heck into that district court [02:12.74]Into the courtroom my trial began [02:15.68]where I was handled by twelve honest men [02:17.16] [02:18.84]Just before the jury started out [02:22.34]I saw the little judge commence to look about [02:28.52]In about five minutes in walked the man [02:31.45]holding the verdict in his right hand [02:34.57]The verdict read in the first degree [02:37.75]I hollered Lowdy Lowdy have a mercy on me [02:44.05] [02:45.05]The judge he smiled as he picked up his ben [02:48.11]99 years in the Folsom pen [02:51.35]99 years underneath that ground [02:54.48]I can't forget the day I shot that bad ***** down [02:57.31] [03:01.18]Come on you've gotta listen unto me [03:03.86]lay off that whiskey and let that ******* be