Page:Life of David Haggart who was executed at Edinburgh, 18th July, 1821, for the murder of the Dumfries jailor.pdf/23



The following song was made by Haggart the day after his condemnation; but his mind soon changed to a more serious subject, and his whole deportment was extremely pious.

Able and willing, you will me find,

Though bound in chains, still free in mind;

For with these things I'll ne'er be griev'd,

Although of freedom I'm bereav'd.

I am a rogue, I don't deny.

But never liv'd by treachery;

And to rob a poor man I disown,

But them that are of high renown.

Now, for the crime I am condemned,

The same I never did intend,

Only my liberty to take,

As I thought my life did lie at stake.