The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll by Bob Dylan

William (1)__________________ killed poor Hattie Carroll
With a cane that he (2)______________ around his diamond ring finger
At a Baltimore hotel society gath'rin'.
And the cops were called in and his (3)____________ took (4)________ him
As they rode him in custody down to the station
And booked William (5)__________________ for first-degree murder.
But you who (6)________________________ disgrace and criticize all fears,
Take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the (7)________ for your tears.

William Zanzinger, who at twenty-four years
Owns a tobacco (8)________ of six hundred acres
With (9)________ wealthy parents who provide and protect him
And high office (10)__________________ in the politics of Maryland,
Reacted to his deed with a shrug of his shoulders
And swear words and sneering, and his tongue it was snarling,
In a matter of minutes on bail was out walking.
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears,
Take the rag away (11)________ your face.
Now ain't the time for your tears.

Hattie (12)______________ was a (13)________ of the kitchen.
She was fifty-one years old and (14)________ birth to ten children
Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage
And (15)__________ sat once at the head of the table
And didn't (16)________ talk to the people at the table
Who just cleaned up all the food (17)________ the table
And emptied the (18)________________ on a whole other level,
Got killed by a blow, lay slain by a cane
That sailed through the air and came down through the room,
Doomed and (19)____________________ to destroy all the gentle.
And she (20)__________ done nothing to William Zanzinger.
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears,
Take the rag away (21)________ (22)________ face.
Now ain't the time for your tears.

In the courtroom of honor, the (23)__________ pounded his gavel
To show that all's equal and (24)________ the courts are on the level
And that the strings in the books ain't pulled and persuaded
And that even the nobles get properly handled
Once that the cops 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 (25)________ happened to be feelin' that way without warnin'.
And he spoke (26)______________ his cloak, most deep and distinguished,
And handed out strongly, for penalty and repentance,
William (27)__________________ (28)________ a six-month sentence.
Oh, but you who philosophize (29)________________ and criticize all fears,
Bury the rag (30)________ in your face
For now's the time for your tears.

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