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Little Sadie

This version of Little Sadie was released by Bob Dylan in 1970.

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Went out last night just to take a little round
I get my little Sadie and I brought her down
I run right home and I went to bed
With a forty-four smokeless under my head.

Went out last night just to take a little round
I get my little Sadie and I brought her down
I run right home and I went to bed
With a forty-four smokeless under my head.

I begin to think of what a deed I’d done
I grabbed my hat and I began to run
I made a good run but I ran too slow
They overtake me down in Jericho.

Standing on a corner as he’s ringing my bell
Up stepped the sherrif of Thomasville
He said, “Young man, is you name Brown ?
Remember you blowed little Sadie down ?”.

“Oh yes sir, my name is Lee
I murdered little Sadie in first degree”
“First degree and second degree
If you’ve got any papers, will you serve ’em to me ?”.

Well they took me downtown and they dressed me in black
They put me on a train and they sent me back
I had no one for to go my bail
They crammed me back into the crowded jail

Well, the judge and the jury they took their stand
The judge had the papers in his right hand
Forty-one days, forty-one nights, forty-one years
To wear the ball and the stripes

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About Lyrics and Little Sadie by Bob Dylan

The lyrics to Little Sadie are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Bob Dylan in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Little Sadie are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Bob Dylan and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Little Sadie back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Little Sadie by Bob Dylan in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Little Sadie" means the words set to the music of Little Sadie, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Dylan. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Little Sadie and the lyrics to Little Sadie are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Dylan who came here looking just for the lyrics to Little Sadie, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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