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