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In Noble County around 58, a gang of
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thieves sealed their fate. The black
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legs roam with a lawless grin. From
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Indiana swamps to the devil's den.
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William Lad with a shadowed name led the
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outlaws in their wicked game. Horse
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thieves, counterfeits, bold and sly till
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the regulators came with fire in their
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Whispers grew loud in the village
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square. Folks cried out for justice to
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be fair. Men took arms, no law in sight,
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just torches blazing in the night.
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Oh, the black legs ran but they couldn't
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hide. In the tamarak swamp where the
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truce collide the invincibles rose with
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a righteous hand to bring down justice
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in a lawless land. Rome cities dust to
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league flame. The black legs gang will
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never be the same. Sing the ballot of
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58. When the news of fate sealed Greg
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Gregory McD caught in the fray arrested
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in Rome one cold winter day tracked it
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like an ear where the man had sworn to
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cleanse the county of thieves and scorn.
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A midnight trial, no law man near. Five
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men judged with no trace of fear. Hang
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him high came the grim decree. By 2:00
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a.m. he was judged to swing from a tree.
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Word spread fast like a prairie flame.
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Just his war. No badge, just a vigilant
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name. The town's folk gathered, some
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cried, some cheered. The old ways died
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Oh, the black legs ran but they couldn't
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hide. In the terra swamp where the
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truths collide, the invincibles rose
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with a righteous hand to bring down
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justice in a lawless land from Rome
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cities dust to leg flame. The black legs
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gang would never be the same. Sing the
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ballot of 58 where the news of fate
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A diamond lake on a wagon bed. McDougall
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pleaded as the sky turned red. Kids he
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cried, "Don't take this road." As the
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news tightened in the winter's cold,
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William Hill ran, but they brought him
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down. George fled past the county
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bounds, but the lawless trail led
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straight to shame. No one know that
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L's mill at Northport Creek held
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secrets. Towns folk dared not speak. Oh,
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mother l fierce and proud shouted my
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boys don't wear that shroud. But William
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lad a slip from you. Out west they say
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he found a new life. A family man with a
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change last name. Still the black legs
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mark clings to his name.
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Oh, the black legs ran, but they
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couldn't hide. In a tamarack swamp where
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the truths collide, the invincibles rose
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with a righteous hand to bring down
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justice in a lawless land. Rome cities
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dust to legion's flame. The black legs
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came would never be the same. Sing the
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ballot of 58. When the news of fate
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sealed Greg Grey's fate.
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So raise a glass to the days now gone to
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the crooked and brave. The right and
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wrong in Noble County where legends lay.
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The invincibles rode and they had their
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day. Steel strings fade, but the tail
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remains of the black legs fall on
