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Lyrics of Love and Laughter

They'd charge him with the old, old crime, 
And set him fast in jail:
Oh, why does the dog howl all night long, 
And why does the night wind wail?

He prayed his prayer and he swore his oath,
And he raised his hand to the sky;
But the beat of hoofs smote on his ear,
And the steady tread drew nigh.

Who is it rides by night, by night, 
Over the moonlit road?
And what is the spur that keeps the pace,
What is the galling goad?

And now they beat at the prison door,
"Ho, keeper, do not stay!
We are friends of him whom you hold within,
And we fain would take him away

"From those who ride fast on our heels 
With mind to do him wrong;
They have no care for his innocence,
And the rope they bear is long."

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