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Lyrics for Old Judge Duffy by Unknown:
| | | Artist: | Unknown |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Old Judge Duffy | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 214 | | | | Lyrics: | Old Judge Duffy
Old John Martin Duffy was judge in our court
In a small ranching
town in the West;
Although he knew nothing about rules of the law.
For judge he was one of
the best.
One night in the winter a murder occurred,
And our blacksmith accused of
the crime.
They caught him red-handed and though he'd two trials,
The verdict was guilty
each time.
Now he was the only good blacksmith we had,
And we wanted to spare him
his life;
So Duffy rose up in the court like a lord,
And with these words he settled the
strife:
"I move we discharge him. We need him in town,"
Then spoke out the words
that have gained him renown:
"We've two Chinese laundrymen, everyone knows.
Why not save
the poor blacksmith and hang one of those?"
From Southern Folk Ballads, McNeill.
Collected from Clem Adams,
AK, 1978. Obviously a spiritual relation of Judge Roy
Bean.
@law @judge @murder
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