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17 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 afterwards extremely pious and resigned.

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.

In this vain world there is no rest,

And life is but a span at best;

The rich, the poor, the old, the young,

Will all lie low before 'tis long.

I am a rogue, I don't deny,

But never liv'd by treachery:

To rob a poor man I disown—

But only them of high renown.

Now for the crime that I'm condemn'd,

The same I never did intend:

Only my liberty to take,

As I thought my life did lie at stake.

My life by perjury was sworn away,

I'll say that to my dying day,

Oh! treacherous S you did me betray,

For all I wanted was— liberty.

No malice in my heart is found,

To any man above the ground:

Now, all good people that speak of me,

You may say I died for my liberty.