Oh mamma 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 mamma I can hear you a crying you're so scared and all alone
Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long
This jig is up the news is out they 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 manna 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 momma I can hear you a crying
You're so scared and all along
Hangman is coming down from the gallows
And I don't have very long
This jig is up the news is out they 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