(Gm) He had heard that she (F) had a hidden (Gm) fortune The (Bb) widow who (F) lived up on the (Gm) hill He was determined (F) that he'd (Gm) find it And he (Bb) courted her (Dm) with a (Gm) will

She seemed flattered by his attention All coquettish when he came to call His smile hid his deeper feelings This old bird was ready for a fall

He was sure that he'd won her over Every day his confidence grew Till he dared to raise their future And a hint of marriage, or two

She replied she'd consider his proposal And mentioned the little she'd put by Said "If you bring to our union, some money. We could live in comfort and style"

He had a few thousand in savings That he offered her to seal the deal Knowing that he meant to inherit Once his pact with this devil was sealed

Their wedding day dawned in summer A quiet affair among friends That he had to share her bed was loathsome But it was only the means to his ends

She kept her fortune well hidden Until one fateful day He spied her take a brick from the chimney Behind which her strong box lay

He waited some months for his moment To allay suspicions in the town He would use his usual poison That for the cops was hard to track down

Unknown to him she had watched him And seen where he'd hidden his stash When he rose to administer the doses Down on his head her cane crashed

His body she chopped into pieces That she fed to the pigs on the farm She told the police at the station "He's robbed me and fled!" in alarm

Nobody doubted her story They'd known he was one of those men So she kept the thousands he'd invested And that thief was never seen again.