Rinniker Peak
Rinniker Peak could sow and could mend
Until she came to a sticky end
She worked on mens jacket, shirts and hose
Until Ezekiel Perkins picked her a rose
A rose of rare beauty as white as snow
He brought it to court her; you know how it goes
The rose did not wilt from winter to spring
The village elders declared it a sin.
She was hanged by the neck in '72
As a warning to men not witches to woo.
Copyright Belle Marsn (c) 2012
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