Quantrill's famous or infamous raid upon the sleeping town of Lawrence in the predawn hours of August 21, 1863, has been the subject of endless discourse and debate. He'd take from the wealthy and give to the poorįor brave men there's never a bolt to his door.
Oh, Quantrell's a fighter, a bold-hearted boy, He came to lay Lawrence low, over the line. With his band of bold raiders in double quick time, Of Quantrell the Lion heart you quickly shall hear.
NOTE: The numbers in brackets refer to endnotes for this text.Ī FRONTIER ballad emerged in mythological fashion from the smouldering ashes of Lawrence in which William Clarke Quantrill was portrayed as the Robin Hood of the Civil War:Ĭome all you bold robbers and open your ears, Transcribed by Tod Roberts digitized with permission of Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence: A Question of Complicity
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