My name is Donald Whitey,
see I stand before you all.
I was judged by you in murder,
and the hangman's knife must fall.
I'll die upon the gallows pole when the moon is shining clear.
And these are my final words that you will ever hear.
If I had some education to give me a decent start,
I might have been a doctor or a master in the arts.
But I used my hands for stealing when I was very young.
And they locked me down in jailhouse cells,
that's how my life begun.
Oh,
the inmates and the prisoners I found,
they were my kind.
And it was there inside the bars I found my peace of mind.
But the jails they were too crowded,
institutions overflowed.
So they turned me loose to walk upon life's weary tangled rope.
And there's danger on the ocean where the salty waves split high.
And there's danger on the battlefield
where the shells of bullets fly.
And
there's danger in this open world where men strive to be free.
And for me the greatest
danger was in society.
So I asked them to send me back to institution home.
But they
said they were too crowded for me,
they had no room.
I got down on my knees and begged,
oh please put me away.
But they would not listen to my plea or nothing I would say.
And so it was on Christmas Eve in the year of 59.
It was on that night I killed a man I did not try to hide.
The jury found me guilty and I don't disagree.
For I knew that it would happen if I wasn't sent away.
And I'm glad I've had no parents who care for me or cry.
For now they will never know the hanging death that I die.
And I'm also glad I've had no friends to see me in disgrace.
For they'll never see that hangman's hood wrap around my face.
Farewell to the old Northwoods of which I used to roam.
Farewell to the crowded bars of which it meant my home.
Farewell to all you people that think the worst of me.
I guess your minds will be at ease when I'm on that hanging tree.
There's just one more question before they kill me dead.
I'm wondering just how much to you I really said.
Concerning all the boys that walk the road just like me.
That's very good.
Cool.
Cool.
That's insane.