Among The Oak & Ash - Hiram Hubbard lyrics

Come all your friends and neighbors A story I will tell Come all you friends and neighbors A story I will tell Concerning high room hopper in the way in which he fell While travelling through this country in sorrow and distress While travelling through this country in sorrow and distress The sheriff caught up to him and embraced him under arrest Hiram Hubbard was not guilty I heard a great man he said Hiram Hubbard was not guilty I heard a great man he said He was not in this country He was not in this country he was 16 miles away They lead him up the holler They lead him up the hill They lead him up the holler They lead him up the hill To a place of execution Where he takes to write his will They wound up the courts around him They bound him to a tree They wound the courts around him They bound him to a tree Nine shots rang through him He died most bitterly Hiram Hubbard was not guilty I heard a great man he said Hiram Hubbard was not guilty I heard a great man he said He wasn't in this country He was 16 miles away