The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll by Bob Dylan

William (1)__________________ killed poor (2)____________ Carroll
With a cane (3)________ he twirled around his (4)______________ ring finger
At a Baltimore hotel society gath'rin'.
And the cops were (5)____________ in and his weapon took (6)________ him
As (7)________ rode him in custody (8)________ 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 (9)________ (10)______________ (11)______________ who provide and protect him
And high office relations in the (12)________________ of Maryland,
Reacted to his deed with a (13)__________ of his shoulders
And (14)__________ (15)__________ and sneering, and his tongue it was snarling,
In a (16)____________ of minutes on bail was out walking.
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears,
Take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the time for your tears.

Hattie Carroll was a maid of the kitchen.
She was fifty-one years old and gave (17)__________ to ten children
Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage
And never sat (18)________ at the head of the table
And didn't even talk to the people at the table
Who just cleaned up all the food from the table
And emptied the ashtrays on a (19)__________ (20)__________ level,
Got killed by a blow, lay slain by a cane
That sailed through the air and came down through the room,
Doomed and determined to destroy all the gentle.
And she never done nothing to William Zanzinger.
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears,
Take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the time for your tears.

In the (21)__________________ of honor, the judge pounded his gavel
To (22)________ that all's equal and (23)________ the courts are on the level
And that the strings in the books ain't pulled and persuaded
And (24)________ even the (25)____________ get properly handled
Once that the (26)________ have chased after and caught 'em
And that the ladder of law has no top and no bottom,
Stared at the (27)____________ who killed for no reason
Who just happened to be feelin' (28)________ way without warnin'.
And he spoke through his cloak, most deep and distinguished,
And handed out strongly, for penalty and repentance,
William Zanzinger with a six-month sentence.
Oh, but you who philosophize disgrace and (29)__________________ all fears,
Bury the rag deep in your face
For now's the time for your tears.

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