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My name is Donald White, you see,
I stand before you all.
I was judged by you a murderer
And the hangman`s knot must fall.
I will die upon the gallows pole
When the moon is shining clear,
And these are my final words
That you will ever hear.
I left my home in Kansas
When I was very young,
I landed in the old Northwest,
Seattle, Washington
Although I`d a-traveled many miles,
I never made a friend,
For I could never get along in life
With people that I met.
If I had some education
To give me a decent start,
I might have been a doctor or
A master in the arts.
But I used my hands for stealing
When I was very young,
And they locked me down in jailhouse cells,
That`s how my life begun.
Oh, the inmates and the prisoners,
I found they were my kind,
And it was there inside the bars
I found my peace of mind.
But the jails they were too crowded,
Institutions overflowed,
So they turned me loose to walk upon
Life`s hurried tangled road.
And there`s danger on the ocean
Where the salt sea waves split high,
And there`s danger on the battlefield
Where the shells of bullets fly,
And there`s danger in this open world
Where men strive to be free,
And for me the greatest danger
Was in society.
So I asked them to send me back
To the institution home.
But they said they were too crowded,
For me they had no room.
I got down on my knees and begged,
`Oh, please put me away,`
But they would not listen to my plea
Or nothing I would say.
And so it was on Christmas eve
In the year of `59,
It was on that night I killed a man,
I did not try to hide,
The jury found me guilty
And I won`t disagree,
For I knew that it would happen
If I wasn`t put away.
And I`m glad I`ve had no parents
To care for me or cry,
For now they will never know
The horrible death I die.
And I`m also glad I`ve had no friends
To see me in disgrace,
For they`ll never see that hangman`s hood
Wrap around my face.
Farewell unto the old north woods
Of which I used to roam,
Farewell unto the crowded bars
Of which`ve been my home,
Farewell to all you people
Who think the worst of me,
I guess you`ll feel much better when
I`m on that hanging tree.
But there`s just one question
Before they kill me dead,
I`m wondering just how much
To you I really said
Concerning all the boys that come
Down a road like me,
Are they enemies or victims
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