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            <text>&lt;em&gt;Wandering and wavering&lt;/em&gt;</text>
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            <text>I Am a poor Prisoner condemned to die&#13;
ah wo is me, wo is me, for my great folly&#13;
Fast fettered in Irons in place where I lye				     be warned young wantons, hemp passeth green holly.&#13;
My Parents were of good degree&#13;
By whom I would not ruled be						     Lord Jesus receive me, with mercy relieve me,		     Receive O sweet Saviour, my Spirit unto thee.&#13;
&#13;
My name is Hutton, yea Luke of bad life				     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
Which on the High-way did rob Man and Wife		     be warned&#13;
Inticed by many a graceless mate&#13;
Whose Counsel I repent too late.					     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
Not twenty years Old (alas) was I	&#13;
ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
When I began this Fellony							     be warned&#13;
With me went still twelve Yeomen tall&#13;
Which I did my twelve Apostles call					     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
There was no Squire nor Baron bold				     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
That rode by the way with silver and gold			     be warned&#13;
But I and my Apostles gay&#13;
Would lighten their load ere they went away.			     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
This news procured my Kinsfolks grief				     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
That hearing I was a famous Thief[,]				     be warned&#13;
They wept, they wailed, they wrung their hands&#13;
That thus I should hazzard life and lands				     Lord Jesus forgive me etc.&#13;
&#13;
They made me a Jaylor a little before				     oh wo is me, etc.&#13;
To keep in Prison Offendors sore					     be warned&#13;
But such a Jaylor was never known&#13;
I went and let them out every one.					     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
I wis this sorrow sore grieved me					     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
Such proper men should hanged be					     be warned&#13;
My Office then I did defie&#13;
And ran away for company.						     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
Three years I lived upon the Spoil					     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
Giving many an Earl the foyl						     be warned&#13;
Yet did I never kill man nor wife&#13;
Though lewdly long I led my life.					     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
But all too bad my deeds have been					     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
Offending my Country, and my good Queen			     be warned&#13;
All men in York-shire talk of me&#13;
A stronger Thief there could not be					     Lord Jesus forgive me, with mercy relieve me,		     Receive O Sweet Saviour, my Spirit unto thee.&#13;
&#13;
UPon Saint Lukes day was I born					     ah wo is me, ah wo is me, for my, etc.&#13;
Who want of Grace hath made me scorn			     &#13;
be warned young wantons, hemp, etc.&#13;
In honour of my Birth=day then&#13;
I rob'd in bravery nineteen men						     Lord Jesus forgive me, with mercy relieve me,		     Receive O sweet Saviour, my Spirit unto thee.&#13;
&#13;
The Country were to hear this wrong				     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
With Hues and Cryes, persued me long				     be warned&#13;
Though long I scap'd. yet loe at the last&#13;
At London I was in Newgate cast.					     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
Where I did lye with grieved mind					     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
Although my Keeper was gentle and kind			     be warned&#13;
Yet was he not so kind as I&#13;
To let me go at liberty.					     &#13;
Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
At last the Sheriff of York-shire came				     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
And in a Warrant he had my name					     be warned&#13;
Quoth he at York thou must be try'd&#13;
With me therefore hence must thou ride				     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
Like pangs of Death his words did sound				     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
My hands and arms full fast he bound				     be warned&#13;
Good Sir, quoth I, I had rather stay&#13;
I have no heart to ride that way.					     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
When no intreaty would prevail						     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
I called for Wine, Beer, and Ale						     be warned&#13;
And when my heart was in woful case&#13;
I drank to my friends with a smiling face				     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
With clubs and staves I was guarded then				     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
I never before had such waiting men					     be warned&#13;
If they had ridden before me amain&#13;
Be-shrew me if I had call'd them again				     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
And when unto York that I was come				     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
Each one on me did cast his doom					     be warned&#13;
And whilst you live, this sentence note&#13;
Evil men can never have good report.				     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
Before the Judges then I was brought				     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
But sure I had a careful thought					     &#13;
be warned&#13;
Ninescore Indictments and seventeen&#13;
Against me there were red and seen.				     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
And each of those were fellony found				     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
Which did my heart with sorrow wound			     &#13;
be warned&#13;
What should I herein longer stay&#13;
For this I was condemned that day,					     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
My Death each hour I did attand					     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
In prayers and tears my time I did spend				     be warned&#13;
And all my loving friends that Day&#13;
I did intreat for me to pray.							     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
I have deserved Death long since					     ah wo is me, etc.&#13;
A viler sinner lived not than I						     be warned&#13;
On Friends I hoped life to save&#13;
But I am fitted for the grave.						     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.&#13;
&#13;
Adieu my loving friends each one					     ah woe is me, etc.&#13;
Think on me Lords when I am gone					     be warned&#13;
When on the Ladder you do me view&#13;
Think I am neerer Heaven then you.				     Lord Jesus forgive me, etc.</text>
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            <text>1681-4</text>
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            <text>This is another version of a &lt;a href="https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/items/show/884"&gt;Luke Hutton pamphlet&lt;/a&gt;, to same tune, but printed many years later.</text>
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            <text>London, Printed for J. Wright, J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenger.</text>
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            <text>Pepys 2.147; National Library of Scotland - Crawford, EB.554, &lt;a href="https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/32986/image#" target="_blank"&gt;EBBA 32986&lt;/a&gt;; University of Glasgow Library - Euing 1.189, &lt;a href="https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/31944/image" target="_blank"&gt;EBBA 31944&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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            <text>which he wrote the day before his Death, being condemned to be hang'd at York, for his Robberies and Trespasses committed thereabouts.</text>
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              <text>Luke Huttons Lamentation, </text>
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