Oh mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law Lawman has put an end to my running and I'm so far from my home Oh mama, I can hear your crying you're so scared and all alone Hangman is coming 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 woman