Leader of the Bowry Boys in1834 or so A boxer named Poole first name William the Butcher He was there At the heart of America's fist With an iron grip on its dreams A white man in New York he had fancied himself a native Took disgust with all the Irish and the others who were not Just like him The fist of America's heart With a dream of choking it out Now William had enemies and wouldn't you know one day He got shot in a parlor room and died a couple days After that And with his last breath he thanked God That he got to die a true American Now William's apparition has risen from the grave and Takes revenge on all the ballot boxes haunts us every day Oh my friend Ain't no pistol that can stop the heart In the fist of a toxic dream Pull fingers out one by one 'Til knuckles lay open face I won't vote for a ghost Nothing they can do can't be undone