I could see me standing in the sun Because you're gonna get paid for what you've done When the judge stood up with pride And said you're gonna do time for the rest of your life You were my buddy and I felt for sure You'd take my sister but you wouldn't take my Treated you like my own brother Tell me what you did to my mother But that spring when you came into the house I saw my sister's death, she couldn't eat her grouse I heard the bells go ring-a-ding-ding But when the summer had gone, you didn't give her nothing You were my buddy and I felt for sure You'd take my sister but you wouldn't take my Treated you like my own brother Tell me what you did to my mother *