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[00:23.87]“Oh, help me in my weakness”
[00:27.82]I heard the drifter say
[00:33.30]As they carried him from the courtroom
[00:36.64]And were taking him away
[00:41.93]“My trip hasn’t been a pleasant one
[00:44.99]And my time it isn’t long
[00:51.92]And I still do not know
[00:54.89]What it was that I’ve done wrong”
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[01:05.46]Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside
[01:09.33]A tear came to his eye
[01:14.57]“You fail to understand,” he said
[01:18.35]“Why must you even try?”
[01:23.77]Outside, the crowd was stirring
[01:27.31]You could hear it from the door
[01:32.68]Inside, the judge was stepping down
[01:36.15]While the jury cried for more
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[01:47.99]“Oh, stop that cursed jury”
[01:50.89]Cried the attendant and the nurse
[01:56.14]“The trial was bad enough
[01:59.59]But this is ten times worse”
[02:05.06]Just then a bolt of lightning
[02:08.36]Struck the courthouse out of shape
[02:14.17]And while ev’rybody knelt to pray
[02:17.50]The drifter did escape
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