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New Orleans, 1891
04:50
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Old Mr. Shakespear, set the stage
for the, old bourbon faction
the reformer's rage
then old chief hennessy raised a fuss,
with provenzanos on his hip
for that matranga blood
Hennessy died on his way home,
those shots were fired
from assailants unknown
but at the trial, they let them go,
our justice failed us,
but the good lord's wont.
the smoke and whiskey flood the brain,
them ropes hang heavy, their necks will break,
that bourbon whiskey, that dago flame,
them ropes hang heavy when the bodies swing.
with a black morning whisper and a full head of steam
that parish jailhouse
was a lynchmob scene
the smoke ran heavy as the natives groaned
this one's for Hennessy!
this one's for home!
the smoke and whiskey flood the brain,
them ropes hang heavy, their necks will break,
that bourbon whiskey, that dago flame,
them ropes hang heavy when the bodies swing.
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