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THE CRIMES OF LIZZIE BORDEN, by                    
First Line: Lizzie borden with an axe
Last Line: "when she saw what she had done, / she hit her mother forty-one"
Variant Title(s): Lizzie Borden
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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