Seven Curses

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

[Verse]
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Old Reilly's daughter got the 
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message
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That her father was going to hang
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She rode by night and rode by 
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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 
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head
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Saying, "Gold will never free your 
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father
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The price, my dear, is you instead"

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[Verse]
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"Oh, I'm as good as dead", cried 
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Reilly
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"And it's only you that he does 
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crave
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And my skin will surely crawl if he
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 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 
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evening
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In the night a hound dog bayed
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In the night the grounds were 
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groaning
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In the night the price was paid

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The next morning she had awoken
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To find that the judge had never 
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spoken
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She saw that hanging branch 
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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
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 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 
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kill him

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