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THE CRIMES OF LIZZIE BORDEN by ANONYMOUS

First Line: LIZZIE BORDEN WITH AN AXE
Last Line: "WHEN SHE SAW WHAT SHE HAD DONE, / SHE HIT HER MOTHER FORTY-ONE"
Subject(s): "BORDEN, LIZZIE (1860-1927);"
Lizzie Borden with an axe,
Hit her father forty whacks,
When she saw what she had done,
She hit her mother forty-one.




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