Ballads & Songs of Southern Michigan-songbook

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Crimes
Of him who promised to be true Until the judgment day. She fondled him with loving hands The night he killed his wife; Then stood upon the witness stand And swore away his life.
7 "Are you guilty?" the judge did say Before the case was tried. "I am innocent, your honor," Young Goodwin did reply. They found twelve true and honest men And tried him for his life; And Goodwin was found guilty Of the murder of his wife.