I love this song. I first heard it from a Roger Abrams album I heard in North Carolina in 1979 or 1980 when I was dubbing tapes for the music library at UNC.

My version is substantially similar to what has been posted and I've put it on my upcoming album. For the record, here it is:

LITTLE SADIE

Early one mornin' makin' my rounds
Met Little Sadie and I blowed her down
Went on home, went to my bed
Forty-four smokeless under my head.

Woke up next mornin' 'bout half past nine,
Hacks and the buggies all standin' in line
Hacks and the buggies all standin' around,
Take Little Sadie to her buryin' ground

I began to think about the deed I done
Got on my horse and away I run
Made a good run but a little too slow
Overtaken me in Jericho.

Standin' on the corner readin' the bill
'Long come the sheriff from Thomasville,
Said "Young man, is your name Brown?
"Member the night you blowed Sadie down?"

Yes, oh yes, my name is Brown
I 'member the night I blowed Sadie down.
First degree, second degree
'F you got any papers read 'em to me.

They took me downtown, they dressed me in black,
Put me on a train and sent me back,
When I got there no one would go my bail,
Put me into the county jail.

So young man take my advice:
Never take a Little Sadie's life --
Cause you to weep, cause you to moan
Cause you to leave your happy home.