Justice In Ontario Lyrics - Steve Earle

Oh you who hail from Ontario 

Know the tale of the Donnelly's Oh 

Died at the hands of a mob that night 

Every child and man by the oil torch light 

Jim Donnelly was no angel sure 

But they burned his barn, broke down the door 

Well the children cried while they killed old Jim 

Then they killed his wife, then they turned on them 

No judge, no jury, no hangman, no justice in Ontario 

A hundred years or more have turned 

And you always hear how much we've learned 

Well a man lay dead in a Port Hope bar 

And the blood ran red on a hardwood floor 

And the big men ran through the nearest door 

Only one man knew what had happened for sure 

Well one and all wore the outlaws' brand 

And the big bikes roared through the Great Northland 

When you live on the edge of the law 

You know, justice in Ontario 

Blue smoke still hung in the air 

No one spoke when the cops got there 

Well the local constable made the call 

Send us Corporal Terry Hall 

They all sang a different tune 

When Corporal Hall walked in the room 

With his picture book and a list of names 

One by one the witnesses came 

And they told him what he wanted to know 

Justice in Ontario 

The provincial cops searched far and wide 

And the outlaws ran but they could not hide 

And they brought em in every single one 

Save the man who actually fired the gun 

It was down in London, they were tried 

And the guilty man stood free outside 

When he took the stand to pay his debt 

The judge was blind and the jury deaf 

In Kingston Town they're locked up still 

When the sun goes down and the air is chill 

You could swear you heard Jim Donnelly's ghost cry 

"Justice In Ontario" 

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