The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll by Bob Dylan

William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll
With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger
At a Baltimore hotel society gath'rin'.
And the cops were called in and his (1)____________ took from him
As (2)________ rode him in custody down to the station
And booked William Zanzinger for first-degree murder.
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears,
Take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the time for your tears.

William Zanzinger, who at twenty-four years
Owns a tobacco farm of six hundred acres
With rich wealthy parents who (3)______________ and protect him
And high office (4)__________________ in the (5)________________ of Maryland,
Reacted to his deed with a (6)__________ of his shoulders
And swear words and sneering, and his tongue it was snarling,
In a matter of minutes on (7)________ was out walking.
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears,
Take the rag (8)________ from your face.
Now ain't the time for your tears.

Hattie Carroll was a maid of the kitchen.
She was fifty-one (9)__________ old and gave birth to ten children
Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage
And never sat once at the head of the table
And didn't even talk to the people at the table
Who just cleaned up all the (10)________ from the table
And (11)______________ the ashtrays on a whole other level,
Got (12)____________ by a blow, lay slain by a cane
That sailed through the air and came down through the room,
Doomed and (13)____________________ to destroy all the gentle.
And she (14)__________ done nothing to William Zanzinger.
But you who philosophize (15)________________ and criticize all fears,
Take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the (16)________ for your tears.

In the courtroom of honor, the judge pounded his gavel
To show that all's equal and (17)________ the courts are on the level
And that the strings in the books ain't pulled and persuaded
And that even the nobles get (18)________________ handled
Once (19)________ the (20)________ have chased after and caught 'em
And that the ladder of law has no top and no bottom,
Stared at the person who killed for no reason
Who just (21)________________ to be feelin' that way without warnin'.
And he spoke through his cloak, most deep and distinguished,
And (22)____________ out strongly, for (23)______________ and repentance,
William Zanzinger with a six-month sentence.
Oh, but you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears,
Bury the rag deep in your face
For now's the (24)________ for your tears.

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