He weren't no saint-but at jedgment
I'd run my chance with Jim.
'Longside of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him.
He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing-
And went for it thar and then;
And Christ ain't a-going to be too hard
On a man that died for men. (John Hay)

He weren't no saint-but at jedgment I'd run my chance with Jim. 'Longside of some pious gentlemen That wouldn't shook hands with him. He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing- And went for it thar and then; And Christ ain't a-going to be too hard On a man that died for men.

John Hay

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