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Lyrics for Burke And Hare by Unknown:
| | | Artist: | Unknown |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Burke And Hare | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 191 | | | | Lyrics: | Burke and Hare
Tae help the folk in medical school, word is passed around
A body nae
mair than ten days auld will bring in fourteen pound.
It's a terrible thing, but truth tae say
---in this age o' greed
A man's worth little when he's alive, but plenty when he's
deid.
cho:
An' it's doon the close an' up the stair
A but-an'-ben wi'
Burke and Hare
Burke's the butcher, Hare's the thief
And Knox is the man that buys
the beef.
So in the dark of mony a nicht, when a' guid folks are sleeping
By the
dyke and in the kirkyard come twa shadows creeping.
An' mony a man that's cauld richt thru an'
safely hid away
He never thocht it wisnae the last he'd see the licht o'day.
But no
contentit wi' howkin' deid, a ploy that aye gets harder
They've started pickin' healthy folk,
and then committin' murder.
An' a' arood the countryside creeps a fearsome pair---
Be ye
man or wife or wean, ye're nae safe from Burke and Hare.
Men and women, auld and young,
the sickly and the hale
Were murdered, packed up and sent off tae Knox's human sale.
That
man o' skill wi' subjects warm was frequently supplied,
Nor did he question where or how the
person brought had died.
But noo auld Reekie can sleep at last; these two will trade nae
mair
It's the gallows tree for William Burke, and a pauper's grave for Hare.
@outlaw
@Scots
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