Born Villain

Dead men, dead men swinging in a tree
How many dead men do you see?
Tongue turned blue and face turned grey
Watch them as they twist and sway

The first one killed the Butcher Man
Then cooked him in the frying pan
Served him to his hungry guests
And gave them seconds on request

The next one with his smile and sweets
Stole poor children off the streets
To men who dressed unsavory
He sold them into slavery

Breaking into a home at night
The thief he had a nasty fright
Filled his foolish head with ale
Woke in the morn in the county jail

The artist with his daunting skill
Tried his hand at printing bills
But caught in rain he was undone
When the ink he'd use did start to run

With promises of great return
Taking gold he did not earn
Bundled it up out of sight
Quietly slipped off into the night

Three houses into ashes burned
The sheriff with no place to turn
Did spy a stranger to his town
Looked him up, and beat him down

Dead men, dead men swinging in a tree
How many dead men do you see?
Six men long and six men wide
Round their necks the noose be tied

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"So like they were, no mortal
Might one from other know;
White as snow their armor was,
Their steeds were white as snow.
Never on earthly anvil
Did such rare armor gleam,
And never did such gallant steeds
Drink of an earthly stream.

"Back comes the chief in triumph
Who in the hour of fight
Hath seen the great Twin Brethren
In harness on his right.
Safe comes the ship to haven
Through billows and through gales,
If once the great Twin Brethren
Sit shining on the sails."