Steve Earle & The Dukes - Justice in Ontario

Oh, you who hail from Ontario
Know the tale of the Donnelly's Died at the hands of a mob that night
Every child and man by the oil torch light
Jim Donnelly was no angel sure
But they burned his barn
Broke down the door
Well the children cried while they killed old Jim
Then they killed his wife
Then they turned on them
No judge, no jury, no hangman
No justice in Ontario

A hundred years or more have turned
And you always hear how much we've learned
Well, a man lay dead in a Port Hope bar
And the blood ran red on a hardwood floor
And the big men ran through the nearest door
Only one man knew what had happened for sure



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