Never listening to his pleas.
Told him if he didn't mosey
I would plant his carcass whole,
In a grave I'd dig that evening
On the eighty he had stole.
Then he promised, but I chased him
'Way across the old Saline,
And so far as I have knowledge,
He has never since been seen.


12

"When I got back here 'fore morning,
Thought of having Kelly's mare,
So I rode her to his stable
And I left her standing there.
For I knew that you'd consider
Twas the proper thing to do,
If you came back here and found me
Holding down your claim for you.
But I felt right sorry, Billy,
When I looked around next day,
In the box there in the corner
Where the pans and dishes lay;
For in fixing for my breakfast,
My! the crockery was slim!
More than half of it was busted
By the bullets fired at Jim: