His heart was achin', head was thumpin' Little Jesse went to hell bouncin' and jumpin' Folks, don't be standin' around ole Jesse cryin' He wants everybody to do the Charleston whilst dyin' One foot up, a toenail dragging Throw my buddy Jesse in the hoodoo wagon Come here, mama, with that can of booze The dyin' crapshooter's leavin' the world The dyin' crapshooter's goin' down slow With the dyin' crapshooter's blues His heart was achin', head was thumpin' Little Jesse went to hell bouncin' and jumpin' Folks, don't be standin' around ole Jesse cryin' He wants everybody to do the Charleston whilst dyin' One foot up, a toenail dragging Throw my buddy Jesse in the hoodoo wagon Come here, mama, with that can of booze The dyin' crapshooter's leavin' the world The dyin' crapshooter's goin' down slow With the dyin' crapshooter's blues His heart was achin', head was thumpin' Little Jesse went to hell bouncin' and jumpin' Folks, don't be standin' around ole Jesse cryin' He wants everybody to do the Charleston whilst dyin' One foot up, a toenail dragging Throw my buddy Jesse in the hoodoo wagon Come here, mama, with that can of booze The dyin' crapshooter's leavin' the world The dyin' crapshooter's goin' down real slow With the dyin' crapshooter's blues With the dyin' crapshooter's blues With the dyin' crapshooter's blues With the dyin' crapshooter's blues