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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419369" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Ballad of Ronnie Dunwoody</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ronnie Dunwoody done wrong to his buddy<br>He done him a dastardly deed; <br>He killed him one night<br>In the cold moonless light<br>In the heat of his passion and greed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Regardless of all of the danger<br>Dunwoody had made up his mind; <br>He knew he'd do time<br>For his obnoxious crime<br>If evidence he left behind.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The speak-easy rang out with laughter<br>The show, Ronnie knew, had begun; <br>He bagged up his buddy<br>With fingers all bloody<br>While those out the front had their fun.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The rear of the joint was in darkness<br>Hiding well the dead body of Jake; <br>In the hands of a knave<br>On it's way to a grave, <br>At the bottom of Michigan lake.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cops in their car on the corner<br>Knew nothing of Dunwoody's crime; <br>But as Ronnie drove by<br>They were wondering why<br>He kept looking behind all the time.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was not very far to the water<br>But Ronnie was not in the clear; <br>When the cop's siren wailed<br>He was sure he had failed<br>And the thought of it filled him with fear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He stopped, as he couldn't out-run them, <br>On the floor of the car was his knife; <br>If they looked in the trunk<br>Then he knew he was sunk<br>And the sentence could only be life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Hey Mac! you should look where you're goin', <br>Because drivin' that way is a crime; <br>I should book you I guess<br>'Cause you're sure in a mess...<br>But get lost, and be careful next time.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ronnie drove to the edge of the quayside<br>Lake Michigan swallowed his 'chum'; <br>The crime was complete<br>He was out of the heat<br>And away, back from where he had come.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The club was still ringing with laughter<br>When Ronnie arrived on the scene; <br>But he silenced the crowd<br>As he told them out loud: <br>'Jake's gone... if you know what I mean? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So, Ronnie had moved up the ladder<br>In fact he was now at the top; <br>The racket was his<br>With the whole premises<br>And he'd drain it right to the last drop.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But out of a dark smoky corner<br>Stepped a man who would foil Ronnie's plan; <br>Jake was still in the place<br>With a smile on his face<br>Because Ronnie had killed the wrong man! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Written April 1996)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Carter+Brown">John Carter Brown</a><div class=q>
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He done him a dastardly deed; 
He killed him one night
In the cold moonless light
In the heat of his passion and greed.

Regardless of all of the danger
Dunwoody had made up his mind; 
He knew he'd do time
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