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the liverpool lodger

from the old baby farmer by meh229

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Evil lodger slaughters family and robs them. Victims include pregnant mother and two very young boys.

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A Captain Henrichson, abroad,
Bound from Calcuta home,
Some months ago left his abode,
To plough the ocean's foam,
In order to maintain his wife,
And two young childen dear,
Who tender loved them as his life,
For them did persevere.

And she, as frugal as her sire,
Took lodgers now and then,
The last, a fiend of darkness dire,
Turned out the worst of men,
Of good appearance first he took,
A bedroom and a parlour,
Nor did they take him by his look,
A villian or a brawler.

One day he struck the boy a blow,
The servant's head bewilderin',
She said her mistress won't allow,
Such men to beat her children,
With that the ruffian was enraged,
With poker smashed her pate,
He struck her while she was engaged,
In cleaning out the grate.

He next attacked the eldest child,
Which likewise lifeless lay,
Then killed the little infant mild,
That backward ran away,
He cut its throat from ear to ear,
The others seeming dead,
When Mrs Henrichson appeared,
The poker beat her head.

The police were called: a horrid deed,
These mangled victims showed,
Three of them were not wholly dead,
Although much blood had flowed,
The killer at a clothier's shop,
Was into capture given,
And will perhaps be on the drop,
While they inhabit Heaven.

They took him to the hospital,
Where those poor sufferers lay,
Ann Parr the servant knew him well,
Swore what she had to say,
Her agonising mistress gave,
Birth to a little boy,
And soon was fitted for the grave,
With Ann he did destroy.

Now he's committed to his cell,
Till summer's next assizes,
And Kirkdale Jail is where he'll dwell,
To wait till law chastises,
And so the funeral moves along,
The mother and two boys,
And mourners fifty thousand strong,
Lament departed joys.

Remember all that stand above,
Their awful early tomb,
You soon as well might victim prove,
Be called to your last home,
When you will have to stand before,
The Judge of Earth and Heaven,
Take care to make election sure,
And have your sins forgiven.

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from the old baby farmer, released December 4, 2015
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