She lived somewhere in a small town of Cabot Cove, Maine
A detective and a writer, Jessica was her name
She was used to be an English school teacher
Widowed in her 50s, she's never been a preacher

She wrote many novels under the "J.B. Fletcher" name
Never a mom, a resident of a coastal town in Maine
Might be a heiress toward her family
This woman was played by Angela Lansbury

Wha? She wrote! Wha? She wrote?
Murder's what J.B. wrote
Wha? She said? Wha? She said?
Murder, that's what she wrote
She's like Sherlock Holmes, but better
Typewriting stories that are real to her

Solving crimes and certain problems in the form of mysteries
Hardly celebrating St. Paddy's, searching for misery
A congresswoman and a novelist
She had never been a merc or a terrorist

Wha? She wrote! Wha? She wrote?
Murder's what J.B. wrote
Wha? She said? Wha? She said?
Murder, that's what she wrote
With a stroke of her pen
Let's forget about Thomas Magnum

Wha? She wrote! Wha? She wrote?
Murder's what J.B. wrote
Wha? She said? Wha? She said?
Murder, that's what she wrote
She's like Peter Gunn, but better
Typewriting stories that involve murderers