Backwoods to Border Page: 10
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10 BACKWOODS TO BORDER
I knew that I was innocent, but that was all in vain,
She swore so hard against me she had me sent to jail;
Six months or more imprisonment I was enforced to lie,
And up before the justice I was condemned to die.
The judge and the jurors, they taken me to the tree.
Oh now, my honored lady, you have ruined me.
Come all of you people, of low and high degree,
Don't glory in my downfall, but straightway pity me.
Farewell to sin and sorrow, farewell to the vain world too,
Farewell to my old parents, I bid you all adieu,
Farewell to darling Molly. I died a-loving you.
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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964. Backwoods to Border, book, 1943; Dallas, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38306/m1/24/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.