Key: C
Introduction:
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William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll
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With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger
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At a Baltimore hotel society gath'rin'.
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And the cops was called in and his weapon took from him
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As they rode him in custody down to the station
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And booked William Zanzinger for first-degree murder.
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But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears,
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Take the rag away from your face.
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Now ain't the time for your tears.
William Zanzinger, who at twenty-four years