On a cold winter night With the moon, big and bright As the town lay asleep in their beds Near the old rusted gate By the side of gate Lay Mary with an axe in 'er head In the morning they found Her sad withered bones Some children just walking to school They screamed at the sight And in a strange morning light And whispered the golden rule Poor Mary Moore Her short life is o'er She will do unto them What they did to her Then Mary did rise Wiped the blood from 'er eyes Then told them to follow her lead They got right in line And the stumbled behind For this girl they would do any deed From house to stone house They wandered about And slaughtered whomever they'd see Woman or man The mothers the dads Without hesitation or greed Poor Mary Moore Her short life is o'er She will do unto them What they did to her Then Mary did grin Took an axe in 'er hand And chopped down the children like weeds She had to be sure So she murdered them all Till the blood it did pour through the streets And I know you have seen Like the haunt of a dream This girl so fair and unclean Teaching the youth Forever the truth This world is vicious and mean