Tom Merritt + 

At first I suspected something⁠— + 

She acted so calm and absent-minded. + 

And one day I heard the back door shut, + 

As I entered the front, and I saw him slink + 

Back of the smokehouse into the lot, + 

And run across the field. + 

And I meant to kill him on sight. + 

But that day, walking near Fourth Bridge, + 

Without a stick or a stone at hand, + 

All of a sudden I saw him standing + 

Scared to death, holding his rabbits, + 

And all I could say was, “Don’t, Don’t, Don’t,” + 

As he aimed and fired at my heart. + 