"Bad Man Blunder" by Kingston Trio

Well, early one evenin, I was roamin around
I was feelin kinda mean, I shot the deputy down
Strolled along home and I went to bed
Well, I laid my pistol up under my head

He strolled along home 
And he went to bed 
And he laid his pistol 
Up under his head 

Well, early in the morning about the break of day
I figured it was time to make a getaway
Steppin right along but I was steppin too slow
Got surrounded by a sheriff down in Mexico

He was steppin right along 
But he was steppin too slow 
Got surrounded by a sheriff 
In Mexico 

When I was arrested I didnt have a dime
The sheriff says Son, youre ridin free this time
 Where youre goin you wont need a cent
 cause the great state of Texas gonna pay your rent

cause where youre goin 
you wont need a cent 
cause the great state of Texas 
gonna pay your rent 

Well, I didnt have a key and I didnt have a file
Naturally I stayed around until my trial
Judge was an old man, ninety-three
And I didnt like the way the jury looked at me

Well, the judge was an old man 
Ninety-three 

SPOKEN:  

BACKUPS: The judge and the jury, they did agree
They all said Murder in the first degree
The judge set sayin       

SPOKEN in an older voice:  I dont know whether to hang im or
not but this here 
killing of deputy sheriffs has just naturally got to stop. 
You got a point there, 
judge!

It was a most unsatisfactory trial
They gave me ninety-nine years on a hard rock pile
Ninety and nine on the hard rock ground
All I ever did was shoot the deputy down

Ninety and nine 
On the hard rock pile 
And all he ever did
Was shoot a deputy do-o-o-o-own