The lady came from Baltimore, and all she wore was lace
She didn't know that I was poor, she never saw my place
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I was there to steal her money, to take her rings and run
Then I fell in love with the lady and got away with none
The lady's name was Susan Moore, her daddy read the law
She didn't know that I was poor, and lived outside the law
Her daddy said I was a thief and didn't marry her for love
But I was Susan's true belief, and I married her for love
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The house she lived in had a wall to keep the robbers out
She never stopped to think it all that that's what I'm about
I was there to steal her money, to take her rings and run
Then I fell in love with the lady and got away with none
Then I fell in love with the lady and got away with none