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Gauntlet
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Contemporary Folk
Gauntlet was released on October 12, 2018 by GR! Records as a part of the album A Problem of Our Kind
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Release DateOctober 12, 2018
LabelGR! Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM71

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gilmore & Roberts
Gilmore & Roberts
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Katriona Gilmore
Katriona Gilmore
Composer

Lyrics

Day broke on a woman's body
Mary Ashford, the poor girl drowned
She danced all night with a young bricklayer
Abraham Thornton must go down
The footprints matched the town's suspicion
Mary Ashford, the poor girl drowned
They locked him up in the local prison
Abraham Thornton must go down
Abraham Thornton must go
Down with the jury who cut him loose
Down till his neck's in the hangman's noose
Down with the evidence he hid away
For my sister's life he'll pay
He threw down the gauntlet
Settle it with a fight
He threw down the gauntlet
Whoever wins is right
But I'm no match for a brute like Thornton
That much I know
So he threw down the gauntlet
And I let him go
The challenge made my courage wither
Mary Ashford, the poor girl drowned
The court adjourned while I considered
Abraham Thornton must go down
Abraham Thornton must go
Down with the jury who can't convict
Down with the ending I can't predict
Down with the evidence we couldn't use
Should I risk my life and lose?
He threw down the gauntlet
Settle it with a fight
He threw down the gauntlet
Whoever wins is right
But I'm no match for a brute like Thornton
That much I know
So he threw down the gauntlet
And I let him go
I couldn't bring myself to face him
His name was cleared but the shame disgraced him
Thornton sailed for new beginnings
Laid his bricks down in Baltimore
Raised a family, had good innings
Was he guilty? We can't be sure
He threw down the gauntlet
Settle it with a fight
He threw down the gauntlet
Whoever wins is right
But I'm no match for a brute like Thornton
That much I know
So he threw down the gauntlet
He threw down the gauntlet
He threw down the gauntlet
And I let him go
Written by: Katriona Gilmore
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