Susanna Martin was a (1) ______ who dwelt in Amesbury
With brilliant eye and saucy tongue she worked her sorcery
And when into the judges court the sheriffs brought her hither
The lilacs drooped as she (2) _______ by
And then were seen to wither
A witch she was, though trim and neat with comely head held high
It did not (3)_______ that one as she with Satan so would lie
And when in court when the afflicted ones proclaimed her evil ways
She (4) _______ aloud and boldly then
Met Cotton Mathers gaze
„Who hath bewitched these maids,“ he asked, and strong was her (5) _____
„If they be dealing in black arts, ye know as much as I“
And then the stricken ones made moan as she (6) _______ near
They saw her shaped upon the beam
So none could doubt ‚twas there
The neighbors ‚round swore to the truth of her Satanic (7) _____
That she could fly o’er land and stream
And come dry shod through showers
At night, twas said, she had appeared a (8) ______ of fearsome mien
„Avoid she-devil,“they had cried
To keep their spirits clean
The spectral evidence was weighed, then stern the parson spoke
„Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live, tis written in the Book“
Susanna Martin so accused, (9) ______ with blazing eyes
„I scorn these things for they are none
But filthy gossips (10) _______“
Now those bewitched, they cried her out, and loud their voice did ring
They saw a (11)_________above her head, an evil yellow thing
And so, beneath a summer sky, Susanna Martin died
And still in scorn she faced the (12) _____
Her comely head held high
Susanna Martin was a witch who lived in Amesbury
With brilliant eye and saucy tongue she worked her sorcery
And when into the judges court the sheriffs brought her hither
The lilacs drooped as she passed by
And then were seen to wither