⬅ Seven Little Girls

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[Verse 1]
Oh, well the water level's rising
Underneath the crescent moon
And the little girls are strangled
And the little boys have swooned
My father came up to me
All along the wounded knee
Saying "Boy, you won't believe
But nothing here is free"
See as goes the saying
And he broke the mighty spoon
The son cries tears upon the leaves
Under the crescent moon
And the father say "We shouldn't"
But the son he says "He should"
'Cause he's got a daughter made of stone
And a son made of wood

[Chorus]
And I said "Oh, my Lord
Oh, my Lord
Oh, my Lord
My Lord"

[Verse 2]
Tell little Jon Benet
That it's almost Christmas Day
The chimney needs a sweeping
Before the deer can play
But a stranger came up to the door
Alone on Christmas Eve
Saying "Jony, Jony, Jony, Jony, Jony, do you love me?"
But Jon, she had the wildest eye
She had the wildest tongue
And spoke not only to the old
But also to the young
The rat upon the door step
And a breeze through the front door
And there's blood upon the alleyway
And a body in the morgue

[Chorus]
And I said "oh, my Lord
Oh, my Lord
Oh, my Lord
My Lord"

[Verse 3]
And if this story's got a moral
Well, as surely it must have
The little girls don't stand up
But stumble a direct path
And we are just the cappings
All along the devil's tooth
Aloof Like Cain and Abel
And let down Like John Wilkes Boothe

[Chorus]
And I say "Oh, my Lord
Oh, my Lord
Oh, my Lord
My Lord"

[Verse 4]
And in the middle of the spring
Little girl lay down to cry
The bow lays pushed upon her hand
And no tears in her eye
"Oh, my little mountain friend
I will never see you again
It's time to roll
And I might as well
And I'll see you again in hell"

[Chorus]
And I said "Oh, my Lord
Oh, my Lord"
And I said "oh, my Lord"
For the seven little girls
And I said "Oh, my Lord
Oh, my Lord
Oh, my Lord"