The Hanging of John Gordon
Indicted as the Bacchus of whiskey
no he didn't make that amber water shine
along the banks of Pocasset River
convicted of pluckin' Amasa's
head ripe off the Spine
catholics vs. protestants
on the soil of the free?
John Gordon stepped on the stage to break a neck
though no one intervened
her worshippers salivating,
Madonna della Civita, fammi una grazia
well John Gordon, may your soul rest in sweet Providence
poured his libation protecting his kin
a head for a head,
Maria Santissima della Civita feasted on his sins
JM&I
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