The entry in Laws, Native American Balladry, rev. ed. (1964, p. 250):

                              I 8
                         BAD LEE BROWN
                         (Little Sadie)

   After killing his woman, the bully tries to run away, but he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to ninety-nine years.

       Late las' night I was a-makin' my rounds,
       Met my woman an' I blowed her down,
       Went on home an' I went to bed,
       Put my hand cannnon right under my head,

       Here for de res' of my nachul life,
       An' all I ever done is kill my wife.

   Lomax, Amer. Ballads, 89, 12, m. (Miss. "Bad Man Ballad," partly from L.C. Record 1859, 8 sts.). St. 1 and the last half of st. 10 are given above. Brown II, 597, 8 (N.C. "Sadie"). Cambiaire, 22 (same source as Henry's). Henry, Songs Sung, 39, 6 ( (Tenn. "Little Sadie"). Randolph II, 117, 2, m.; 1½ (Mo.). Wheeler, 110, 10. m. ("Late One Night"). Williams, 410, 9 (Ky.). L.C. Records 2851 B1 (N.C. "Little Sadie"); 384 B (Fla.); and the following under the title "Bad Man Ballad"; 706 A1 (S.C.) and 2591 B2 (Ark.).

~Masato