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SHOCKING RAPE AND MURDER, by                    
First Line: Jane williams had a lover true
Last Line: Cut off when in their prime
Subject(s): Crimes & Criminals;love;marriage;murder;rape;tears; Weddings;husbands;wives


Jane Williams had a lover true
And Edwards was his name,
Whose visits to her father's house,
Had welcome now became.

In marriage soon they would be bound,
A loving man and wife,
But John Hodges, a farmer's son,
With jealousy was rife.

One night he met her in the field,
And vile proposals made;
How can I do this wicked thing,
Young Jane then weeping said.

He quickly threw her on the ground,
He seized her by surprise,
And did accomplish his foul act,
Despite her tears and cries.

Her lover passing by that way
Discovered her in tears,
And when he found what had been done
He pulled the monster's ears.

Young Hodges with the bill-hook
Then cut young Edwards down:
And by one fatal blow he felled
Jane Williams on the ground.

There side by side the lovers lay
Weltering in their blood:
Young Jane was dead, her lover lived,
Though ebb'd away life's flood.

Old Williams sought his daughter dear,
When awful to relate,
He found her lifeless body there,
Her lover's dreadful fate.

Now in one grave they both do lie,
These lovers firm and true,
Who by a cruel man were slain,
Who'll soon receive his due.

In prison now he is confined,
To answer for the crime.
Two lovers that he murdered,
Cut off when in their prime.





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