Hers is the version we do, learned from the singing and playing of Malcolm Price, undoubtedly one of the finest flat pickers in England at the time. In fact I haven`t played the record for so long I feel obliged to listen again.

LITTLE SADIE

It was late last night I took a little round
I met Little Sadie and I blowed her down.
Went right home and I went to bed
A forty four smokeless under my head.

I got to thinking `bout the deed I done
I grabbed my hat and away I ran
Made a good run but a little too slow
They overtook me down Jericho.

Standing on a corner reading a bill
Up comes the sheriff from Thomasville
He said "Young man is your name Brown?
Remember the night you blowed Sadie down?"

I said " Yes sir, my name is Lee
I murdered Little Sadie in the first degree"
"First degree, second degree
If you`ve got any blues boy, sing `em to me"

They took me down town and dressed me in black
Put me on a train and ran me back
I had no one for to go my bail
And the crammed me back in the county jail

The judge and the jury took their stand
The judge had the papers in his right hand
Forty one days, forty one nights
Forty one years with the ball and stripes.