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Seven Curses
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Rock
Seven Curses was released on January 1, 2011 by Topic as a part of the album Ragged Kingdom
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Release DateJanuary 1, 2011
LabelTopic
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM133

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
June Tabor
June Tabor
Performer
Oysterband
Oysterband
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Al Scott
Al Scott
Producer

Lyrics

Old Reilly he stole a stallion
But they caught him and they brought him back
And they laid him down on the jailhouse ground
With an iron chain around his neck
Old Reilly's daughter got a message
That her father was going to hang
She rode by night and came by morning
With gold and silver in her hand
When the judge he saw Reilly's daughter
His old eyes deepened in his head
Saying, "Gold will never free your father
The price, my dear, is you instead"
"I'm as good as dead," says Reilly
"It's only you that he does crave
My skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all
Get on your horse and ride away"
"Oh, father you will surely die
If I don't take the chance to try
And pay the price and not take your advice
For that reason I will have to stay"
The gallows shadows shook that evening
In the night a hound dog bayed
In the night the grounds were groaning
In the night the price was paid
The next morning she had awoken
To know that the judge had never spoken
She saw that hangin' branch a-bendin'
She saw her father's body broken
Seven curses on a judge so cruel:
That one doctor will not save him
That two healers will not heal him
And three eyes will not see him
And four ears will not hear him
And five walls will not hide him
That six diggers will not bury him
And seven deaths will never free him
Written by: Bob Dylan
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