The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll by Bob Dylan

William Zanzinger (1)____________ poor Hattie Carroll
With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger
At a Baltimore hotel (2)______________ gath'rin'.
And the (3)________ were called in and his weapon (4)________ from him
As (5)________ rode him in custody down to the station
And booked William Zanzinger for first-degree murder.
But you who (6)________________________ 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 (7)______________ and (8)______________ him
And (9)________ (10)____________ relations in the politics of Maryland,
Reacted to his deed with a shrug of his shoulders
And swear (11)__________ and sneering, and his tongue it was snarling,
In a (12)____________ of (13)______________ on bail was out walking.
But you who (14)________________________ (15)________________ and criticize all fears,
Take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the time for your tears.

Hattie (16)______________ was a maid of the kitchen.
She was fifty-one years old and gave birth to ten children
Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage
And never sat (17)________ 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 whole other level,
Got killed by a blow, lay slain by a cane
That sailed through the air and (18)________ down through the room,
Doomed and (19)____________________ to destroy all the gentle.
And she never done nothing to William Zanzinger.
But you who philosophize disgrace and (20)__________________ all fears,
Take the rag away from (21)________ face.
Now ain't the time for your tears.

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

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