[00:10.22]“Oh, help me in my weakness”“
[00:14.24]I heard the drifter say
[00:20.37]As they carried him from the courtroom
[00:24.64]And were taking him away
[00:30.88]“My trip hasn’t been a pleasant one“
[00:35.44]And my time it isn’t long
[00:41.38]And I still do not know
[00:45.72]What it was that I’ve done wrong”
[00:56.25]Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside
[01:00.70]A tear came to his eye
[01:06.71]“You fail to understand,” he said“
[01:11.08]“Why must you even try?”“
[01:17.07]Outside, the crowd was stirring
[01:19.18]
[01:21.51]You could hear it from the door
[01:27.57]Inside, the judge was stepping down
[01:31.71]While the jury cried for more
[01:46.60]“Oh, stop that cursed jury”“
[01:50.59]Cried the attendant and the nurse
[01:57.38]“The trial was bad enough“
[02:01.54]But this is ten times worse”
[02:07.46]Just then a bolt of lightning
[02:11.46]Struck the courthouse out of shape
[02:17.79]And while ev’rybody knelt to pray
[02:22.35]The drifter did escape