Crime at Quiet Dell

Writer: Chris Stuart

Vs1
Gather round good people, of evil I will tell,
Did you hear about the crime at Quiet Dell?
A little pig-eyed grocer is sittin' in his cell,
Did you hear about the crime at Quiet Dell?

CH1
So, if you love your neighbor, go home and get your gun,
We'll drive the devil out of West Virginia in 1931.
Up around Clarksburg, there's a little piece of hell.
Did you hear about the crime at Quiet Dell?

Vs2
The police sent a message from Park Ridge, Illinois,
About a widow, two girls, and a boy.
They said a Mr. Pierson might be to blame,
But down here Harry Powers is his name.

CH2
They found that little coward and they dragged him in,
They beat him through the night, til he told them what he did,
Then he led them to the farmhouse and pointed down the well,
Did you hear about the crime at Quiet Dell?

Vs3
He lured them with love letters and told them pretty lies,
They saw his fancy roadster and silk ties,
The women and their children, he brought to Quiet Dell,
And he kept them where no one could hear them yell.

CH3
So, go and tell your neighbor, he's sleepin' at the jail,
We're gonna hang the evil out of Harrison County, so good folks will prevail,
Up around Clarksburg, there's a little piece of hell.
Did you hear about the crime at Quiet Dell?

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