The Town Marshal + 

The Prohibitionists made me Town Marshal + 

When the saloons were voted out, + 

Because when I was a drinking man, + 

Before I joined the church, I killed a Swede + 

At the saw-mill near Maple Grove. + 

And they wanted a terrible man, + 

Grim, righteous, strong, courageous, + 

And a hater of saloons and drinkers, + 

To keep law and order in the village. + 

And they presented me with a loaded cane + 

With which I struck Jack McGuire + 

Before he drew the gun with which he killed me. + 

The Prohibitionists spent their money in vain + 

To hang him, for in a dream + 

I appeared to one of the twelve jurymen + 

And told him the whole secret story. + 

Fourteen years were enough for killing me. + 