Oh, Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law

Law man has put an end to my running and I'm so far from my home

Oh, Mama I can hear you a-cryin', you're so scared and all alone

Hangman is comin' down from the gallows and I don't have very long

 

The 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 lam 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 cryin', you're so scared and all alone

Hangman is comin' down from the gallows and I don't have very long

 

The 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

 

Oh, Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law

Hangman is comin' down from the gallows and I don't have very long

 

The 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

 

The wanted man

And I don't wanna go, oh, no

Oh, Mama, don't let them take me

No, no, no, I can't go

Hey, hey