Roy Butler

 If the learned Supreme Court of Illinois
Got at the secret of every case
As well as it does a case of rape
It would be the greatest court in the world.

A jury, of neighbors mostly, with "Butch" Weldy
As foreman, found me guilty in ten minutes
And two ballots on a case like this:
Richard Bandle and I had trouble over a fence,
And my wife and Mrs.
 Bandle quarreled
As to whether Ipava was a finer town than Table Grove.

I awoke one morning with the love of God
Brimming over my heart, so I went to see Richard
To settle the fence in the spirit of Jesus Christ.

I knocked on the door, and his wife opened;
She smiled and asked me in.
 I entered --
She slammed the door and began to scream,
"Take your hands off, you low down varlet!"
Just then her husband entered.

I waved my hands, choked up with words.

He went for his gun, and I ran out.

But neither the Supreme Court nor my wife
Believed a word she said.

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