Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Murder Shanty, artist - The Rumjacks. Album song Sleepin' Rough, in the genre Музыка мираDate of issue: 04.08.2016
Record label: Australian Broadcasting
Song language: English
Murder Shanty |
| Here lie the bones o' my wayward love |
| Have mercy on 'em God above |
| As she would you if she were you |
| And you were my wayward love |
| I kissed her on the cusp o' spring |
| I gave to her my siller ring |
| I kissed her on the cusp o' spring |
| Gave to her my siller ring |
| And she thought it such a wondrous thing too |
| The summer sun that scorched the land |
| And turned to glass them desert sands |
| The summer sun that scorched the land |
| Turned to glass them desert sands |
| And steadied hrearts & trembling hands |
| She stole away from me for hours |
| And doused the fire with autumn showers |
| She stole away from me for hours |
| Doused the fire with autumn showers |
| Bitter is the wine that sours |
| To where & whom i asked to know |
| She smiled, a cruelly mocking blow |
| She’ll never smile that way again |
| I ruined her for other men |
| And sent her to her wintry end with a… |