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Seven Skeletons Found In The Yard

from Three Stones For St. Stephen (Christmas 2015) by Three For Silver

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Our reworking of an old christmas calypso by Lord Executor

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hideous discoveries and monstrous crimes
always happen at Christmas time
hideous discoveries and monstrous crimes
always happen at Christmas time
the Old Year's lies and indignities
become the New Year's serious calamities
what could be more sad
than those seven skeletons that the workmen found in the yard

what marred the Christmas festivities
was a New Year septuple catastrophe
while the workmen were digging the ground
the bones of all the human beings they found
a man was arrested but it was too late
the poison he drunk sent him to the gate
what could be more sad
than those seven skeletons that the workmen found in the yard

number one was the stonecutter's son
all soaked in cane and rum
number two was a captain fresh from the sea
strangled in a length of cable was he
number three a contortionist from the circus who
was found folded inside of two
what could be more sad
than those seven skeletons that the workmen found in the yard

number four was a cook put to the grate
then sprinkled over his mates
number five was a watchmen among the rest
number six had has hands and feet on his chest
number seven was anyone's guess
seeing as there was so little left
what could be more sad
than those seven skeletons that the workmen found in the yard

mark my words, hear my oration
during your Christmas celebration
while the New Year approaches with a certainty
the Old Year may yet come to feed
walk not alone like Loup Garou
lest a Christmas spirit be made of you
what could be more sad
than those seven skeletons that the workmen found in the yard

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from Three Stones For St. Stephen (Christmas 2015), released November 27, 2015
Music by Three For Silver
Lyrics by Lucas Warford heavily modified from a tune by Lord Executor

Engineered and Mixed by Lucas Warford
Mastered by Gus Elg

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