“Jack Rogers”
Description
"Come all you tender Christians, I hope you will lend ear... For the murder of Mr. Swanton I am condemned to die." "My name it is Jack Rogers, my name I'll never deny." Drunk, he assaults Swanton in the street, flees, is captured, and is condemned to die
Cross references
- cf. "Charles Guiteau" [Laws E11] (form & meter) and references there
References
- Dean, pp. 50-51, "Jack Rogers" (1 text)
- Roud #9557
- BI, Dean050