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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (43941)10/18/2005 12:55:06 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 362169
 
Elizabeth Bordon took an axe
And gave her Mother forty wacks
And when the job was nicely done
She gave her Father forty-one

Yesterday in old Fall River
Mr Andrew Borden died
And he got his daughter Lizzie
On a charge of homicide
Some folks say she didn't do it
And others say of course she did
But they all agree Miss Lizzie B
Was a problem kind of kid

'Cause you can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts
Not even if it's planned as a surprise (a surprise)
No, you can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts
You know how neighbors love to criticize

She got him on the sofa
Where he'd gone to take a snooze
And I hope he went to heaven
'Cause he wasn't wearing shoes
Lizzie kinda rearranged him
With a hatchet so they say
Then she got her Mother
In that same old-fashioned way

But you can't chop your Mama up in Massachusetts
Not even if you're tired of her cuisine (her cuisine)
No, you can't chop your Mama up in Massachusetts
You know it's almost sure to cause a scene

Well, they really kept her hoppin'
On that busy afternoon
With both down and up-stairs chopping
While she hummed a ragtime tune
They really made her hustle
And when all was said and done
She'd removed her Mother's bustle
When she wasn't wearing one

Oh, you can't chop your Mama up in Massachusetts
And then blame all the damage on the mice (on the mice)
No, you can't chop your Mama up in Massachusetts
That kind of thing just isn't very nice

Now, it wasn't done for pleasure
And it wasn't done for spite
And it wasn't done
Because the lady wasn't very bright
She'd always done the slightest thing
That Mom and Papa bid
They said, Lizzie, cut it out
So that's exactly what she did

But you can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts
And then get dressed and go out for a walk (for a walk)
No, you can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts
Massachusetts is a far cry from New York

No, you can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts
Shut the door and lock and latch it
Here comes Lizzie with a brand new hatchet
Can't chop your papa up in Massachusetts
Such a snob, I've heard it said
She met her Pa and cut him dead
You can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts
Jump like a fish, jump like a porpoise
All join hands and habeas corpus
Can't chop your Papa up in Massachusetts
Massachusetts is a far cry from New York

Lizzie Borden
The Chad Mitchell Trio



To: T L Comiskey who wrote (43941)10/18/2005 1:16:44 PM
From: Karen Lawrence  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 362169
 
Women have a LONG way to go before catching up. Laura was simply an irresponsible teenager yakking it up with her friend about her boyfriend whom she was about to kill with her car. OR...maybe she waited with her friend to crash into his car since he was headed for his new girlfriend's home? However, that woman's head was smashed in...crime of passion, nothing stolen, no reason for anyone to kill her. Horowitz covered his bases by making the typical phone calls home...why didn't he try her cell phone. I'm sure she had one. I could be wrong...but it's Saturday morning, the husband says "I'm going out" and the wife who no longer has a job gets upset because she never gets to go anywhere or do anything. They get into a big fight. He picks up a statue and bashes her head in. He cleans up as best he can and takes the telltale evidence with him so he can dispose of it on the way to restaurant where he has an alibi. He had no reason to be gone so long except to throw forensics off wrt time of death. OR he had someone do it for him. He's younger - just turned 50, is on tv, maybe has fans, sees his wife as a big problem because she would get a huge chunk of the assets in a divorce...happens all the time.