I was standin on the corner
Just readin the bill
Along came the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He says hey fella is your name Brown?
Remember the night you blowed your Sadie down?

I said oh yea my name is Lee
You got me for murder in the first degree
First degree, second degree
If you got any papers will you read em to me?

Later on:

They sent me to Frankfort, I been there before
Made me wear the chain Til my ankle was sore
Gave me forty one years to life
And all I did was kill my wife.

That's the way (with another five or so verses) that I've been singing it for about thirty years but I don't know where I got the verses from

CB