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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=91172" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Leon McDuff</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ladies and gentlemen of the jury<br>I come before you to plead for the life of Leon McDuff<br>Ladies and gentlemen on the jury<br>I asking you to be the judge of when enough is enough<br>Now Leon McDuff has worked on his daddys farm everyday since the day that he was born<br>Plowing in the fields and hoeing in the garden and helping pick the cotton and the corn<br>Then came the time of the Mississippi floods and all of his work went down the drain<br>The land was parched by the sun and blown by the wind and finally washed away by the rain<br>So he went to his friends to get some help from them but their crops and their money was all gone<br>So he went to the bank to mortgage his home but the bank wouldnt give Leon a loan<br>He could not decide how his family would survive with no crops and no money to buy food<br>And as he struggled with his hands to rework his land the notice came that said his land tax was due<br>Chorus<br>Now in an air-conditioned office on the other side of town sat a government official with a frown<br>Cause hed been trying for so long to find land to build a summer home but cheap river land could not be found<br>Then in the middle of his gloom his boss walked in the room and said Ive got some real good news for the house youve planned<br>Theres a farmer whos so poor and whos luck has run so sour that he can not pay the taxes on his land<br>So just you wait a week or two til the moneys over due then go to the cashier down the hall<br>With his deed in your hand pay the taxes on the land have the sheriff give Leon McDuff a call<br>Have him tell Leon to move by the last day of July because the taxes on his land are overdue<br>Tell him he has to move away cause the taxes were not paid then all his river land belongs to you<br>Chorus<br>Now in that air-conditioned office in about a week or two came the sheriff saying Ive got some bad news<br>That Leon McDuff says hes had some bad luck and hell try to get the money but he aint agonna move<br>That official he jumped up and grabbed the sheriff by the arm he said were going down to take that land today<br>So he and the sheriff drove down to Leons farm to tell the McDuffs to move away<br>There stood Leon on his land with a shotgun in his hand, his eyes narrowed neath the brim of his hat<br>He said Ive worked hard on this land as a boy and as a man I aint gonna lose it to no god damned bureaucrat.?<br>Well that bureaucrat got mad and grabbed the gun in Leons hand and in the struggle an explosion cracked the air<br>And when the smoke and dust had cleared and the ringing left their ears, the sheriff lay a dying on the ground<br>Chorus<br>Now on this table I will lay, this gun Exhibit A? with two sets of fingerprints as you can see<br>But other hands were here unperceived by eye or ear that helped trigger off this awful tragedy<br>Now to me its still unclear just what really caused the problem here<br>Theres much too much weve got to know before we know enough<br>So we cant find out today where all the guilt should lay but it shouldnt be on Leon McDuff<br>Chorus</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />song performed by by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - <i><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/" target=_blank></a></i><div class=q>
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I come before you to plead for the life of Leon McDuff
Ladies and gentlemen on the jury
I asking you to be the judge of when enough is enough
Now Leon McDuff has worked on his daddys farm everyday since the day tha..."></div>
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