It’s a Scandal! It’s a Outrage! Will Brill

[PEDDLER]
Trapped!
Tricked!
Hoodblinked!
Ambushed!

[MEN]
Friend what's on your mind?
Why you walk around and around
With your head fully behind
And your chin scraping the ground?

[PEDDLER]
Twenty minutes ago I am free like a breeze
Free like a bird in the woodland wild
Free like a gypsy, free like a child
I'm unattached

Twenty minutes ago I can do what I please
Flick my cigar ashes on a rug
Dunk with a donut, drink from a jug
I'm a happy man

I'm minding my own business like I oughter
Ain't meanin' no harm to anyone
I'm talking to a certain farmer's daughter—
Then I'm looking into the muzzle of a gun