[Chorus: Ella Fitzgerald]
He's stone cold dead in the market
He's stone cold dead in the market
He's stone cold dead in the market
I killed nobody but me husband

[Verse 1: Louis Jordan]
Last night I went out drinking
When I came home, I gave her a beating
So she catch up the rolling pin
And went to work on my head 'til she bashed it in

[Chorus: Louis Jordan]
I lie cold dead in the market
Stone cold dead in the market
I lie cold dead in the market
She killed nobody but her husband

[Verse 2: Ella Fitzgerald]
I lick him wit' the pot and the frying pan
I lick him wit' the pot and the frying pan
I lick him wit' the pot and the frying pan
And if I kill him, he had it coming

[Chorus: Ella Fitzgerald]
Man, he's stone cold dead in the market
He's stone cold dead in the market
He's stone cold dead in the market
I killed nobody but me husband
[Verse 3: Ella Fitzgerald | Louis Jordan]
My family they swearing to kill her
My family they swearing to kill her
His family they swearing to kill me
And if I kill him, he had it coming

[Chorus: Louis Jordan]
I lie cold dead in the market, child
Cold dead in the market, child
I lie cold dead in the market
She killed nobody but her husband

[Bridge: Ella Fitzgerald]
There is one thing that I am sure
He ain't going to beat me no more
So I tell you that I doesn't care
If I was to die in the electric chair

[Chorus: Ella Fitzgerald]
Man, he's stone cold dead in the market
He's stone cold dead in the market
He's stone cold dead in the market
I killed nobody but me husband

[Interlude: Ella Fitzgerald | Louis Jordan]
Hey, child, I'm coming back and bash you on your head one more time
No, no, man, you can't do that
[Chorus: Ella Fitzgerald]
You stone cold dead in the market, murder
Stone cold dead in the market, the criminal
He's stone cold dead in the market
I killed nobody but me husband