Story about Hiram Hummert,
he was hanged I guess.
Hiram Hummert wasn't guilty
I've heard great many say
Hiram Hummert wasn't guilty
I've heard great many say
He was not in
this county
He was forty miles away
But they took him
across the mountain
And they whooped him on the hill
Yes they took him on the mountain
And they whooped him on the hill
It was there that he pleaded
Please let me make my will But Hiram Hummert
wasn't guilty
I've heard great many say
Hiram Hummert wasn't guilty
I've heard great many say
He was not in
this county
He was forty miles away
But they took him down to Danville
And
they throwed him in jail
Yes they took him down to Danville And they throwed him
in jail
And it was there
nobody saw him
Nobody could go his bail
But Hiram Hummert
wasn't guilty
I've heard great many say Hiram Hummert
wasn't guilty
I've heard great many say He was not in this county
He was
forty miles away
But they took him out at midnight And they strapped him to a tree
Yes they took him out at midnight
And they strapped him to a tree
It was there that they killed him With a rifle and bullets three
But Hiram Hummert
was not guilty Lord I've heard great many say
Hiram Hummert wasn't guilty I've heard great many say
He was not in this
county He was forty miles away