Hiram Hubbard

Come all you friends and neighbors
A story I will tell
Come all you friends and neighbors
A story I will tell
Concerning Hiram Hubbard
And the way in which he fell

While traveling through this county
In sorrow and distress
While traveling through this county
In sorrow and distress
The sheriff caught up to him
And placed him under arrest

Hiram Hubbard was not guilty
I heard a great many say
Hiram Hubbard was not guilty
I heard a great many say
He was not in this county
He was sixteen miles away

They led him up the holler
They led him up the hill
They led him up the holler
They led him up the hill
To a place of execution
Where he begged to write his will

They wound the chords around him
They bound him to a tree
They wound the chords around him
They bound him to a tree
Nine shots rang through him
And he died most bitterly

Hiram Hubbard was not guilty
I heard a great many say
Hiram Hubbard was not guilty
I heard a great many say
He was not in this county
He was sixteen miles away