| Oh, Lord.
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| Anybody see my trial, grieve for I.
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| Why, Lord?
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| I was badly beaten, found by loved ones.
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| Battered by an irate husband
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| Searching for a man that wasn’t I.
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| When we reach the court, we gone inside
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| The Hounour, Justice, shall preside
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| Over this place. |
| The trial shall begin.
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| Your Honour
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| I was in the closet minding I and I own business.
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| Your Honour
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| It was a complete stranger causing these disturbances.
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| He claim seh I touch ‘im wife
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| Which is a wicked and awful lie.
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| Mi two han' did occupy
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| Mi shirt in mi lef' an' mi pants in mi right.
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| Mi han' dem was occupy
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| Mi shirt in mi lef' an' mi pants in mi right.
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| Dear Judge,
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| Can dis court accept my story from mi heart.
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| Why, Judge?
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| If by chance yuh don’t believe this tale
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| Ask im wife she will not fail
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| To agree I was a better man than he.
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| Just in case she refuse to answer
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| Ask the maid downstairs, Agatha
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| She’ll only be glad to testify for me.
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| Your Honour
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| I was in the closet minding I and I own business.
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| Your Honour
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| It was a complete stranger causing these disturbances.
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| He claim seh I touch ‘im wife
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| Which is a wicked and aweful lie.
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| Mi two han' did occupy
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| Mi shirt in mi lef' an' mi pants in mi right.
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| Mi han' dem was occupy
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| Mi shirt in mi lef' an' mi pants in mi right.
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| Dear Corporal,
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| As yuh lock me in dis prison, pray for I.
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| Please, Corporal,
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| Please don’t leave me hear to wonder
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| Why di court has made dis blunder
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| Grabbed me for a crime dat wasn’t dere.
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| Corporal,
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| When yoh gwine to send mi dinner
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| Send yuh mother or yuh sister
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| One more day of dis, I cannot bear.
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| Your Honour
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| I was in the closet minding I and I own business.
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| Your Honour
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| It was a complete stranger causing these disturbances.
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| He claim seh I touch ‘im wife
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| Which is a wicked and awful lie.
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| Mi two han' did occupy
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| Mi shirt in mi lef' an' mi pants in mi right.
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| Mi han' dem was occupy
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| Mi shirt in mi lef' an' mi pants in mi right. |