Lilli Schull

[Verse 1]

A great crowd has now gathered

All around the jail today

To see me executed

And hear what I do say

[Verse 2]

Now I must hang this morning

For the murder of Lilli Schull

Whom I so cruelly murdered

And her body shamefully burned

[Verse 3]

The fire where I burned her

Is again now in my sight

Her lovely face recovering

And the fire that burned so bright

[Verse 4]

The cries of poor Lilli

Again I can almost hear

As she begged me not to kill her

Her life alone to spare

[Verse 5]

Now I bow down to Jesus

In penitential grief

And I beg Him now to save me

Like He did the dying thief

[Verse 6]

God bless my aged parents

Who mourn for me alone

And my wife and baby

Who will be left alone

[Verse 7]

Was then that I heard a whisper

In a most gentle tone

"My grave is one sufficient

To save the vilest one"