Helen Henderson: Minnie Dean (1995)

She dressed in black and she carried a hat
In a hatbox when early to the station she came
And on her way back she always wore the hat
From Invercargill to Winton on the 5 oclock train

Minnie Dean Minnie Dean
She’ gonna catch you
and take you away on the afternoon train
oh you better be good
cos Minnie Dean’s gonna get you
you’ll never ever be heard of again
She was so sweet and gracious
to the girls and the ladies
A home for the babies 
She said she'd provide
It was all done in private
Money was provided
As she wrapped up their little ones 
And took them away

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Here lie the children nobody wanted
Minnie died for her sins 
And the people they cried
They cried for themselves
They cried for the children
They cried for Minnie 
And for closing their eyes

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She dressed in black 
She carried a hat 
In a hatbox when early to the courthouse she came
"Judge I'm innocent" she said
"The children up and disappeared
they got lost in the garden, they crawled under the bed"

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