McKaffery
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When I was barely eighteen years of age
To join the army I did engage
I left the factory with a full intent
To join the forty-second regiment
To Fulwood Barracks I then did go
To serve a short period in that depot
But out of trouble I could not be
For Captain Hanson took a dislike to me
When standing sentry there one day
Some soldiers' children come out to play
I took one's name, but not all three
And with neglect of all duties they did charge me
In the barrack courtroom I did appear
But Captain Hanson my sad story would not hear
My sentence it was quickly signed
And to Fulwood Barracks then I was confined
For fourteen weeks and thirteen days
My sentence rose and turned my brain
To shoot my captain dead on sight
Was all that I resolved I'd do each night
I saw him walking on the barrack square
Walking arm in arm with Colonel Black
I raised my rifle and fired to kill
And shot my poor colonel against my will
I did the deed, I shed the blood
At Liverpool Assizes my trial I stood
The judge he said, "McCafferty
Prepare yourself for the gallows tree"
I had no father to take my part
I had no mother to break her heart
I had one friend and a girl was she
And she'd lay down her life for McCafferty
Now all you young soldiers take a warning from me
Have nothing to do with the British Army
For only lies and tyranny
Have made a murderer out of McCafferty