The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll by Bob Dylan

William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll
With a (1)________ (2)________ he twirled around his diamond ring finger
At a Baltimore hotel society gath'rin'.
And the cops were called in and his (3)____________ took from him
As they rode him in (4)______________ (5)________ to the station
And (6)____________ William (7)__________________ for first-degree murder.
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears,
Take the rag (8)________ 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 (9)______________ parents who provide and (10)______________ him
And high (11)____________ relations in the politics of Maryland,
Reacted to his deed with a shrug of his shoulders
And (12)__________ words and sneering, and his tongue it was snarling,
In a matter of minutes on bail was out walking.
But you who (13)________________________ disgrace and criticize all fears,
Take the rag away (14)________ 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 (15)________ 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 (16)______________ up all the food from the table
And (17)______________ the ashtrays on a (18)__________ other level,
Got killed by a blow, lay slain by a cane
That sailed through the air and came (19)________ through the room,
Doomed and determined to (20)______________ all the gentle.
And she never done nothing to (21)______________ 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 courtroom of honor, the judge (22)______________ his gavel
To show that all's (23)__________ and that the courts are on the level
And that the strings in the (24)__________ ain't (25)____________ 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 just happened to be feelin' that way (26)______________ warnin'.
And he spoke through his cloak, most deep and distinguished,
And handed out strongly, for (27)______________ and repentance,
William Zanzinger with a six-month sentence.
Oh, but you who philosophize disgrace and (28)__________________ all fears,
Bury the rag deep in (29)________ face
For now's the time for your tears.

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