Roy Butler

If the learned Supreme Court of Illinois         Got at the secret of every case         As well as it does a case of rape         It would be the greatest court in the world.         A jury, of neighbors mostly, with "Butch" Weldy         As foreman, found me guilty in ten minutes         And two ballots on a case like this:         Richard Bandle and I had trouble over a fence         And my wife and Mrs. Bandle quarreled         As to whether Ipava was a finer town than Table Grove.         I awoke one morning with the love of God         Brimming over my heart, so I went to see Richard         To settle the fence in the spirit of Jesus Christ.         I knocked on the door, and his wife opened;         She smiled and asked me in.         I entered -    She slammed the door and began to scream,         "Take your hands off, you low down varlet!"         Just then her husband entered.         I waved my hands, choked up with words.         He went for his gun, and I ran out.         But neither the Supreme Court nor my wife         Believed a word she said.