Lyr. Add: The Clove-Hitch Knot
^^ Composed on the death of SARAH M. CORNELL, who
was murdered near Fall River, R. I.

Tune- Old Lang Syne

1
YE people all a warning take,
Think of the clove-hitch knot;
Enough to make your hearts to ache,
Don't let it be forgot
2
Ye mothers who have children dear,
To sympathize and mourn;
Such murder never was done here,
Or ever yet was known.
3
He killed the mother and the child,
A wicked wretch was he;
The devil helped him all the while,
How wicked he must be.
4
He dragged her round upon the lot,
Till she no noise could make;
Contrived a plot, a clove-hitch knot,
And hung her to a stake.
5
The devil he was standing by,
A laughing in his sleeve;
It is so plain, who can deny,
Must he have a reprieve?
6
'Tis said he preaches night and day,
The devil helped him
To preach, and likewise for to pray;
What a wicked wretch he's been.
7
How could he stand to preach and pray,
With murder in his heart?
The devil helped him day by day,
And he will make him smart.
8
I understand what he professed,
Alas! how he deceived;
How can he ever take his rest,
He must not be reprieved.
9
Oh, hang him, hang him on a tree,
Tie round the clove-hitch knot;
And there forever let him be,
And never be forgot.

Both the above songs together on the same song sheet.