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The following song was made by Haggart the day after his condemnation; but his mind soon changed to a more serious subject, and his whole deportment was extremely pious.
Able and willing, you will me find,
Though bound in chains, still free in mind;
For with these things I’ll ne’er be griev’d,
Although of freedom I’m bereav’d.
I am a rogue, I don’t deny,
But never liv’d by treachery;
And to rob a poor man I disown,
But them that are of high renown.
Now, for the crime I am condemned,
The sa me I never did intend,
Only my liberty to take,
As I thought my life did lie at stake.
