Others have husbands and wives I never had a thing in this whole wide wicked world And now, I´m losing my life And now, I´m losing my life
You promised me that we would be wed On this I´d laid my money down You were seen courtin´ my best friend You caused me to shoot him down You caused me to shoot him down
The love of a woman is bitter, but it´s sweet Even though she turns him down The price I have to pay may come to you some day And you´ll in the sea of sorrow drown And you´ll in the sea of sorrow drown
Well, they say I have a right to my very last few words Before they let the scaffold down A man has to fight for what he thinks is right Even if it puts him in the ground Even if it puts him in the ground