Oh mama I'm in fear for my life From the long arm of the law Lawman has put an end to [bad word] And I'm so far from my home Oh mama I can hear you a crying You're so scared and all alone Hangman [bad word] 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 [bad word] 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