[Verse]
Early one morning while making the rounds
Took a transfusion and I shot my woman down
Went right home and I went to bed
I stuck that loving 44 beneath my head

Got up next morning and I grabbed that gun
Took a transfusion and away I run
Made a good run, but I run too slow
They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico

Laid in the hot joint, taking the pill
In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said, "Willy Lee, your name is not Jack Brown
You're the dirty heck that shot your woman down"

Said, "Yes, oh yes, my name is Willy Lee
If you've got a warrant, just read it to me"
Shot her down because she made me slow
I thought I was her daddy, but she had five more

When I was arrested, I was dressed in black
Put me on a train and they took me back
Had no friends for to go my bail
They slapped my dried-up carcass in that county jail
Into the courtroom, my trial began
Where I was handled by 12 honest men
Just before the jury started out
I saw that little judge commenced to look about

In about five minutes, in walked a man
Holding the verdict in his right hand
Verdict read "in the first degree"
I hollered, "Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on me!"

The judge he smiled as he picked up his pen
Ninety-nine years in the San Quentin pen
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
I can't forget the day I shot my woman down

Come all you gotta listen unto me
Lay off that liquor and let that transfusion be