Seven Curses

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[Verse]
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Old Reilly stole a stallion
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But they caught him and they brought him back
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And they laid him down on the jailhouse ground
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With an iron chain around his neck

[Verse]
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Old Reilly's daughter got the message
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That her father was going to hang
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She rode by night and rode by morning
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With gold and silver in her hand

[Verse]
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When the judge saw Reilly's daughter
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Well, his old eyes deepened in his head
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Saying, "Gold will never free your father
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The price, my dear, is you instead"

[Verse]
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"Oh, I'm as good as dead", cried Reilly
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"And it's only you that he does crave
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And my skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all
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Get on your horse and ride away"

[Verse]
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"Oh father, you will surely die
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If I don't take the chance and try
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And pay the price and not take your advice
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For that reason, I have to stay"

[Verse]
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The gallows shadows shook the evening
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In the night a hound dog bayed
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In the night the grounds were groaning
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In the night the price was paid

[Verse]
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The next morning she had awoken
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To find that the judge had never spoken
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She saw that hanging branch a-bending
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She saw her father's body broken

[Verse]
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These be seven curses on a judge so cruel
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That one doctor will not save him
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That two healers will not heal him
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That three eyes will not see him

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Four ears will not hear him
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Five walls will not hide him
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That six diggers will not bury him
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And that seven deaths shall never kill him

[Outro]
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