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Bob Dylan - The 50th Anniversary Collection - Ballad of Donald White
The 50th Anniversary Collection
Disc 1
01. Going Down to New Orleans
02. Going Down to New Orleans
03. Sally Gal
04. Sally Gal
05. Rambling Gambling Willie
06. Rambling Gambling Willie
07. Corrina, Corrina
08. Corrina, Corrina
09. The Death of Emmett Till
10. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
11. Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
12. Sally Gal
13. Sally Gal
14. Baby, Please Don't Go
15. Baby, Please Don't Go
16. Milk Cow (Calf's) Blues
17. Milk Cow (Calf's) Blues
18. Wichita Blues
19. Wichita Blues
20. Milk Cow (Calf's) Blues
21. Wichita Blues
22. Baby, I'm in the Mood for You
23. Blowin' in the Wind
24. Blowin' in the Wind
25. Worried Blues
26. Baby, I'm in the Mood for You
Disc 2
01. Bob Dylan's Blues
02. Bob Dylan's Blues
03. Corrina, Corrina
04. Corrina, Corrina
05. That's All Right, Mama
06. That's All Right, Mama
07. That's All Right, Mama
08. Mixed Up Confusion
09. Mixed Up Confusion
10. Mixed Up Confusion
11. Mixed Up Confusion
12. Mixed Up Confusion
13. Mixed Up Confusion
14. Mixed Up Confusion
15. That's All Right, Mama
16. Rocks and Gravel
17. Ballad of Hollis Brown
18. Kingsport Town
19. When Death Comes Creepin' (Whatcha Gonna Do?)
20. Hero Blues
21. When Death Comes Creepin' (Whatcha Gonna Do?)
22. I Shall Be Free
23. I Shall Be Free
24. Hero Blues
25. Hero Blues
Disc 3
01. Hard Times in New York Town
02. The Death of Emmett Till
03. I Rode Out One Morning
04. House of the Rising Sun
05. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
06. Ballad of Donald White
07. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
08. Talkin' New York
09. Corrina, Corrina
10. Deep Ellum Blues
11. Blowin' in the Wind
12. The Death of Emmett Till
13. Stealin'
14. Hiram Hubbard
15. Blowin' in the Wind
16. Rocks and Gravel
17. Quit Your Low Down Ways
18. He Was a Friend of Mine
19. Let Me Die in My Footsteps
20. Two Trains Runnin'
21. Ramblin' on My Mind
22. Muleskinner Blues
23. Muleskinner Blues (Part 2)
Disc 4
01. Sally Gal
02. Highway 51
03. Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues
04. The Ballad of Hollis Brown
05. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
06. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
07. No More Auction Block
08. A Motherless Child
09. Kindhearted Woman Blues
10. Black Cross
11. The Ballad of Hollis Brown
12. Ain't No More Cane
My name is Donald White, you see
I stand before you all
I was judged by you a murderer
And the hangman's knot must fall

I will die upon the gallows pole
When the moon is brighting clear
And these are my final words
That you will ever hear

If I had some education
To give me a decent start
I might have been a doctor or
A master in the arts

But i used my hands for stealing
When i was very young
And they locked me down in jailhouse cells
That's how my life begun

Oh, the inmates and the prisoners
I found they were my kind
And it was there inside the bars
I found my peace of mind

But the jails they were too crowded
Institutions overflowed
So they sent me loose to walk upon
Life's hurried tangled road

And there's danger on the ocean
Where the salt sea waves split high
And there's danger on the battlefield
Where the shells of bullets fly

And there's danger in this open world
Where men fight to be free
And for me the greatest danger
Was in society

So I asked them to send me back
To the institution home
But they said they were too crowded
For me they had no room

I got down on my knees and begged
"Oh, please put me away"
But they would not listen to my plea
Or nothing I would say

And so it was on Christmas Eve
In the year of '59
It was on that night I killed a man
I did not try to hide

The jury found me guilty
And I don't disagree
For i knew that it would happen
If I wasn't put away

And I'm glad I've had no parents
To care for me or cry
For now they will never know
The horrible death that I die

And I'm also glad I've had no friends
To see me in disgrace
For they'll never see that hangman's hood
Wrap around my face

Farewell unto the old north woods
Of which I used to roam
Farewell unto the crowded bars
Of which've been my home
Farewell to all you people
That think the worst of me
I guess you'll feel much better when
I'm on that hanging tree

But there's just one question
Before they kill me dead
I'm wondering just how much
To you I really said
Concerning all the boys that walk
Down a road like me
Are they enemies or victims
Of your society?