It's a hanging day
In Wolf City, Wyoming
Wolf City, Wyoming
Eighteen ninety-four
They're gonna drop Cat Ballou
Through the gallows floor

She has the smile of an angel
The eyes of an angel
The face of an angel
But she's mean and evil
Through and through

Cat Ballou, Cat Ballou
Yes, she's mean and evil
Through and through

Now she killed a man
In Wolf City, Wyoming
Wolf City, Wyoming
Killed a man, it's true
And that is why they're hanging
Hanging Cat Ballou

She has the smile of an angel
Yes, the eyes of an angel
And the face of an angel
But she's mean and evil
Through and through
Cat Ballou, Cat Ballou
Yes, she's mean and evil
Through and through

With her outlaw band
They're now telling a story
Now telling a story
How she rode the plain
The wildest gal in the West
Since Calamity Jane

She's got the smile of an angel
The eyes of an angel
And the face of an angel
But she's mean and evil
Through and through

Cat Ballou, Cat Ballou
Yes, she's mean and evil
Through and through

Now today's the day
That she's going to glory
She's going to glory
For the way she sinned
They'll be speeding her soul
To a wayward wind, hallelujah
She's got the smile of an angel
Yeah, the eyes of an angel
And the face of an angel
But she's mean and evil
Through and through

Cat Ballou, Cat Ballou
Yeah, she's mean and evil
Through and through