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Joan Baez( Joan Chandos Baez )
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Seven Curses
Lyricist:Bob Dylan
Old Reilly stole a stallion They caught him and they brought him back And they laid him down on the jail house ground With an iron chain around his neck
When Reilly's daughter got a message That her father was goin' to hang She rode by night and came by morning With gold and silver in her hand
Then when the judge saw Reilly's daughter His old eyes deepened in his head He said, 'Gold will never free your father Know the price, my dear, is you instead'
'Well, I'm as good as dead,' cried Reilly 'It's only you that he does crave And my skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all So get on your horse and ride away'
'Oh father you will surely die If I do not take a chance to try Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com And pay the price and not take your advice For this reason I'll have to stay'
Well, the gallows shadows shook the evening And in the night a hound dog bayed In the night the grounds was groanin' And in the night, the price was paid
The next mornin' she had awoken To find that the judge had never spoken She saw the hangin' branch a-bendin' And she saw her father's body broken
Seven curses on a judge so cruel One doctor cannot cure him Two healers cannot heal him And three eyes cannot see him
Four ears cannot hear him Five walls cannot hide him Six beggars cannot steal him And seven deaths will never free him
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