Drifter's Escape-Thea Gilmore

[00:00.94]music [00:17.13] [00:23.87]“Oh, help me in my weakness” [00:27.82]I heard the drifter say [00:33.30]As they carried him from the courtroom [00:36.64]And were taking him away [00:41.93]“My trip hasn’t been a pleasant one [00:44.99]And my time it isn’t long [00:51.92]And I still do not know [00:54.89]What it was that I’ve done wrong” [00:59.87] [01:05.46]Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside [01:09.33]A tear came to his eye [01:14.57]“You fail to understand,” he said [01:18.35]“Why must you even try?” [01:23.77]Outside, the crowd was stirring [01:27.31]You could hear it from the door [01:32.68]Inside, the judge was stepping down [01:36.15]While the jury cried for more [01:39.42]music [01:47.99]“Oh, stop that cursed jury” [01:50.89]Cried the attendant and the nurse [01:56.14]“The trial was bad enough [01:59.59]But this is ten times worse” [02:05.06]Just then a bolt of lightning [02:08.36]Struck the courthouse out of shape [02:14.17]And while ev’rybody knelt to pray [02:17.50]The drifter did escape [02:24.04]music [02:29.25]