The Lynch mob gathered in the square across from
the jail Young Billy watched them from his cell
and felt his courage fail Bill swore he wasn't
guilty but the evidence was plain Tomorrow he
would go on trial for killing Mary Jane They
shouted beat the prisoner hardy we're gonna have a
Lynchin' party Gonna hang him high watch him die
for killing Mary Jane

The mob is closer to the jail excitement all
around The deputies kept moving back afraid to
hold their ground Then the young girl cried you
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young Billy from that jail and soon the kid was
dead They shouted beat the prisoner hardy...

The weeks went by and no one spoke about it
anymore Or seemed to see the wreath Bill's mother
hung upon the door Then one night they dragged a
ragged hobo from a train And he confessed he was
the one who killed young Mary Jane They shouted
beat the prisoner hardy... Gonna hang him high
watch him die for killing Mary Jane