Petition For Mercy

Brothers appear to have been

The dupes of an artful woman

Execution arrived

Implicated in the crime

While she escapes justice

Execution arrived

Seven months of fear

Each of them delivered a paper

Whitch declared their innocence

Execution arrived

Seven month of hope

Clemency had been denied

Clemency had been denied

Petition for mercy

The fear

The hope

The end

They were hanged together

And were long remembered

Execution arrived

Seven month of hope

Clemency had been denied

Clemency had been denied

Petition for mercy

The fear

The hope

The end

The fear

The hope

The end

For half a minute they stayed entwined in death

As they had been before birth

And their hands remained locked together

The fear

The end

Petition for mercy