Hiram Hubbard

Hiram Hubbard wasn't guilty

I've heard a great many say

Hiram Hubbard wasn't guilty

I've heard a great many say

He was not in this county

He was forty miles away

But they took him 'cross the mountain

And they whomped him on the hill

Yes, they took him on the mountain

And they whomped him on the hill

It was there that he pleaded

Oh, please, let me make my will

But Hiram Hubbard wasn't guilty

I've heard a great many say

Hiram Hubbard wasn't guilty

I've heard a great many say

He was not in this county

He was forty miles away

But they took him down to Danville

And they throwed him in jail

Yes, they took him down to Danville

And they throwed him in jail

And it was then nobody sought him

Nobody could go his bail

But Hiram Hubbard wasn't guilty

I've heard a great many say

Hiram Hubbard wasn't guilty

I've heard a great many say

He was not in this county

He was forty miles away

But they took him out at midnight

And they strapped him to a tree

Yes, they took him out at midnight

And they strapped him to a tree

It was there that they killed him

With rifle bullets three

But Hiram Hubbard was not guilty

Lord, I heard a great many say

Hiram Hubbard wasn't guilty

I heard a great many say

He was not in this county

He was forty miles away