Oh, me, oh, my You led me to the wrong ♪ Some people born with silver and gold Others have husbands and wives I never had a thing in this whole wide wicked world And now I'm losin' my life And now I'm losin' my life ♪ You promised me that we would be wed On this I'd laid my money down You were seen courtin' my best friend You caused me to shoot him down You caused me to shoot him down ♪ The love of a woman is bitter, but it's sweet Even though she turns him down The price I have to pay may come to you someday And you'll in the sea of sorrow drown And you'll in the sea of sorrow drown ♪ Well, they say I have a right to my very last few words Before they let the scaffold down A man has to fight for what he thinks is right Even if it puts him in the ground Even if it puts him in the ground Oh, me, oh, my You led me to the wrong