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SUSANNA MARTIN
Arr Liza Kay

Susanna Martin was a witch who dwelt in Amesbury0
With brilliant eye and saucy tongue, she worked her sorcery,
And when into the judge's court the sheriffs brought her hither,
The lilacs drooped as she passed by and then were seen to wither.

A witch she was, though trim and neat with comely head held high.
It did not seem that one as she with Satan so would lie,
And when in court the afflicted ones proclaimed her evil ways,
She laughed aloud and boldly then met Cotton Mather's gaze.

"Hast thou bewitched these maids?" he asked, and strong was her reply:
"If they be dealing in black arts, ye know as well as I."
And then the afflicted ones made moan as she approached near.
They saw her shape upon the beam so none could doubt 'twas there.

The neighbors 'round swore to the truth of her Satanic powers
That she could fly o'er land and stream and come dry-shod through showers.
At night, 'twas said, she had appeared as a cat or fearsome being.
"Avoid she-devil," they had cried, "To keep their spirits clean."

The spectral evidence was weighed, and stern the parson spoke:
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live; 'tis written in the Book."
Susanna Martin so accused, spoke with flaming eyes:
"I scorn these things for they are naught but filthy gossips' lies"

Now those bewitched, they cried aloud, and loud their voice did ring.
They saw a bird above her head, an evil yellow thing,
And so, beneath a summer sky, Susanna Martin died,
And still in scorn she faced the rope, her comely head held high.

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