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 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 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 finally found me

The renegade who had it made retrieved

For a bounty

Never more to go astray

The judge'll have revenge today

On the wanted man

Oh mama I'm in fear for my life

From the long arm of the law

Hangman is coming down from the gallows

And I don't have very long

The 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'll be the end today of the wanted man

The wanted man