Well, the high sheriff
He told his deputy
Want you go out and bring me [bad word] 
Well, the high sheriff
Told his deputy
I want you go out and bring me [bad word] 
Bring him dead or alive, Lawd, Lawd
Bring him dead or alive
Well the deputy he told the high sheriff
I ain't gonna mess with [bad word] 
Well the deputy he told the high sheriff
Says I ain't gonna mess with [bad word] 
Well he's a dangerous man
Lawd, Lawd
He's a dangerous man
Well then the high sheriff, he found [bad word] 
He was hidin' in the chill of a mountain
Well the high sheriff, found [bad word] 
He was hidin' in the chill of the mountain
With his head hung down
Lawd, Lawd
With his head hung down
Well then the high sheriff, he told [bad word] 
He says [bad word] [bad word] to arrest you
Well the high sheriff, told [bad word] 
Says [bad word] [bad word] to arrest you
And bring ya dead or alive
Lawd, Lawd
Bring you dead or alive
Well then [bad word]  he told the high sheriff
Says I never been arrested
Well [bad word]  told the high sheriff
Says I never been arrested
By no one man
Lawd, Lawd
By no one man
And then the high sheriff, he shot [bad word] 
Well, he shot him mighty big number
Well the high sheriff, shot [bad word] 
Well he shot him with a mighty big number
With a forty five
Lawd, Lawd
With a forty five
Well then they take old [bad word] 
Yes they laid him on [bad word] gharry
Well they taken poor [bad word] 
And the laid him on [bad word] gharry
He said my wounded side
Lawd, Lawd
My wounded side