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Robert W Service - Gypsy JillRobert W Service - Gypsy Jill
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They`re hanging Bill at eight o` clock,          And millions will applaud. He killed, and so they have to kill,          Such is the will of God. His brother Tom is on my bed          To keep me comforted. I see his bleary, blotchy face,          I hear his sodden snore. He plans that he can take Bill`s place;          I felt worse than a whore As in his arms I cried all night,          Thinking of poor Bill`s plight. I keep my eyes upon the clock;          It nears the stroke of eight. I think how bravely Bill will walk          To meet his gallows fate . . . His loaded gun is in the tent,—          I know now what he meant. Though Tom is boastful he will wed          With me, no more to part, I`ll put a bullet through his head,          Another through my heart: At eight, stone-dead we three will be,          —Bill, Tom and me.
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