Oh mama I'm in fear for my life From the long arm of the law Lawman has put an end to my running And I'm so far from my home Oh mama I can hear you a crying You're so scared and all alone Hangman is coming down from the gallows And I don't have very long
This jig is up the news is out They've finally found me The renegade who had it made Retrieved for a bounty Never more to go astray This will be the end today of the wanted man
Oh mama I've been years on the lamb And had a high price on my head Lawman said get him dead or alive Now it's for sure he'll see me dead Dear mama I can hear you a crying You're so scared and all alone Hangman is coming down from the gallows And I don't have very long
This jig is up the news is out They've finally found me The renegade who had it made Retrieved for a bounty Never more to go astray The judge will have revenge today On the wanted man