Mrs DYER, THE BABY FARMER "The old baby farmer has been executed" Amelia Dyer (570 murdered Doris Marmon, drowned baby (probably others) at Old Court Caversham, Reading 20/May/1896 & hung 10th June (JP) - ROUD#2347 –
The Old baby farmer the wretched Mrs Dyer At the Old Bailey her wages is paid In times long ago we'd made a big fire And roasted so nicely that wicked old jade.
The old baby farmer has been executed It's quite time she was put out of the way She was a bad woman it is not disputed Not a word in her favor could anyone say. Poor girls what fall from the straight path of virtue What could they do with a child in their arms The fault they commited they could never undo So the baby was sent to a cruel baby farm
It seems rather hard to run down a woman But that one was hardly a woman at all To get a fine living in a way so in human Carousing in luxury on poor girls downfall. To all these sad crimes there must be an ending Secrets like these for ever can't last Say as you like there is no defending The horrible tales we have heard in the past.
What did she think as she stood on the gallows Poor little victims in from of her eyes. Her heart if she had one it must have been callous The rope round her neck now how quickly time flies. Down through the trap door quickly disappearing The old baby farmer to eternity home The sound of her own death knell she'll be hearing Maybe she'll be sent to a poor baby farm.