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VERSES ON DANIEL GOOD (WHO WAS EXECUTED FOR MURDER), by                    
First Line: Of all the wild deeds upon murder's black list
Last Line: An' we hope that his life we shall ne'er see again
Subject(s): Capital Punishment;murder; Hanging;executions;death Penalty


Of all the wild deeds upon murder's black list
Sure none is so barbarous and cruel as this
Which in these few lines unto you I'll unfold;
The recital's enough to turn your blood cold.
In the great town of London near Manchester square,
Jane Jones kept a mangle in South street we hear;
A gentleman's coachman oft visiting came,
A cold-blooded monster, Dan Good was his name.
As a single man un[to] her he made love,
And in course of time she pregnant did prove;
Then with false pretences he took her from home
To murder his victim and the babe in her womb.
To his master's stables in Putney Park Lane
They went, but she never returned again;
Prepare for your end, then the monster did cry,
You[r] time it is come for this night you must die.
Then with a sharp hatchet her head [he] did cleave,
She begged for mercy but none he would give;
Have mercy, dear Daniel, my wretched life spare
For the sake of your own child which you know I bear.
No mercy, he cried, then repeated the blow;
Alive from this stable you never shall go;
Neither you nor your brat shall e'er trouble me more.
Then lifeless his victim he struck to the floor.
And when she was dead, this sad deed to hide,
The limbs from her body he straight did divide;
Her bowels ript open and dripping with gore
The child from the womb this black monster he tore.
He made a large fire in the harness room,
Her head, arms, and legs in the fire did consume;
But e'er his intentions were fulfilled quite
This dark deed by Providence was brought to light.
To a pawn-shop the coachman he did go one day,
A boy said some trowsers he did take away;
A policeman followed unto Putney Lane
The coachman and trouwsers to bring back again.
When in searching the stable the body he spied
Without head, legs or arms, and ript open beside,
Then a cry of murder he quickly did raise,
And the coachman was taken within a few days.
And when he was tried, most shocking to state,
The evidence proved what I now relate:
That Daniel Good murdered his victim [Jane] Jones
Then cut up and burnt her flesh and [her] bones.
He soon was found guilty and sentenced to die
The death of a murderer on the gallows high;
The blood of the murder'd must not cry [in] vain,
An' we hope that his like we shall ne'er see again.






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