Williams
and Singer killed poor Hattie Carroll
with a cane that he twirled round his diamond ring finger
at a Baltimore Hotel Society gathering.
And the cops were called in and his weapon took from him
as they rode him in custody down to the station
and booked him and charged him with first degree murder.
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize fear,
take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the time for your tears.
William Zenzinger, who at just 24 years,
owns a tobacco farm of 600 acres with rich,
wealthy
parents who provide and protect him.
And high office relations in the politics of Maryland
reacted to his deed with a shrug of his shoulders and
swear words and snarling in his tongue it was snarling.
And in a matter of minutes on bail was out walking.
But you
who philosophize disgrace and criticize fear,
take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the time for tears.
Hattie Carroll was a maid in the kitchen,
was 51 years old and gave birth to 10 children,
who carried the dishes and took out the garbage
and never sat once at the head of the table
and didn't even talk to the people at the
table who just cleaned up the food from the
table and emptied the ashtrays on a whole other level,
got killed by a blow and lay slain by a cane,
got sailed through the air and come down through the room,
doomed and disturbed to destroy all the gentle
and she never done nothing to William Zenzinger.
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize fears,
take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the time for your tears.
In the courtroom of law,
the judge pounded his gavel
to show that all's equal and the courts are on the level
and that the strings in the books ain't pulled and persuaded
and that even the nobles get properly handled.
Once that the cops have chased after and caught them
and that the ladder of law has no top and no bottom,
stared at the person who killed for no reason,
who just happened to be feeling that way without warning
and he spoke through his cloak,
most deep and distinguished
and handed out strongly for penalty and repentance,
William Zenzinger with a six month sentence.
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize fears,
bury the rag deep in your face.
Now's the time for your tears.