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This landlord on his homeward road
'Twere easy now to meet.
The road is lonesome—Jonathan,
And vengeance, man! is sweet.
'Twere easy now to meet.
The road is lonesome—Jonathan,
And vengeance, man! is sweet.
He listen'd to the tempter's voice
The thought it made him start.
His head was hot, and wretchedness
Had hardened now his heart.
The thought it made him start.
His head was hot, and wretchedness
Had hardened now his heart.
Along the lonely road they went
And waited for their prey,
They sat them down beside the stream
That crossed the lonely way.
And waited for their prey,
They sat them down beside the stream
That crossed the lonely way.
They sat them down beside the stream
And never a word they said,
They sat and listen'd silently
To hear the traveller's tread.
And never a word they said,
They sat and listen'd silently
To hear the traveller's tread.
