The Boston Burglar ----- Johnny McEvoy + Lyrics Underneath

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I was born and raised in Boston
A place you all know well
Brought up by honest parents
The truth to you l'll tell

Brought up by honest parents
And raised most tenderly
'Til I became a sporting lad
At the age of twenty three

My character was taken
And I was sent to jail
My friends they came and tried in vain
To get me out on bail

The jury found me guilty
The clerk he wrote it down
The Judge he passed the sentence
I was bound for Charlestown

They placed me on an East bound train
One cold December day
And every station we passed through
You could hear the people say

There goes the Boston Burglar
In cold chains he is bound
For one crime or another
He is bound for Charlestown

All you who have your freedom
Take a warning if you can
And don't go round the streets at night
Breaking laws of God and man

For if you do you'll surely rue
And find yourself like me
Serving up for twenty years in a penitentiary