By one John Gleeson Wilson, for the sake of cursed gold.
On Wednesday the 28th, consternation did prevail,
In Leveson Street in Liverpool, where thousands did bewail,
The fate of this poor family, who we’re left to deplore,
Snatched from a father’s fond embraces, who ne’er will see them more.
This monster in human shape did go there to dwell,
And that he went for plunder to all it is known full well,
And when this callous villain saw their defenceless state,
He did resolve them all to kill and rob them of the plate.
His bloody work he did commence all in the open day,