exhumed - a funeral party lyrics
(in which a shocking discovery is made in west port, edinburgh, the repellant nature and lurid details of which stun and shock the city to its very core)
“…a most extraordinary circ-mstance that took place on friday night, the 31s t october 1828, in a house in the west port, edinburgh, where an old woman of the name of campbell is supposed to have been murdered, and her body sold to a medical doctor.” – edinburgh broadsheet 3r d of november, 1828
“up the close and doun the stair
but and been with burke and hare
burke’s the butcher, hare’s the thief
knox the boy that buys the beef” – 19t h century edinburgh skipping rhyme
hare: follow me to my humble lodging
what’s mine is yours, such as it may be
dr. knox: enjoy the hospitality, soon you’ll be cold dead anatomy
hare: along the narrow, crooked wynd
then through the close, this house you’ll find
dr. knox: so many honored guests to fete, always an empty bed to let
chorus: a funeral party
hare: drink up, the hour is growing late
chorus: a funeral party
dr. knox: the fete will end when you meet your fate
hare: here you may rest from your journeys
and warm your bones with a dram of whiskey
dr. knox: drink to what’s left of your health, soon you’ll be another corpse to sell
hare: intoxicated, the room starts to spin
and at that moment our night work begins
dr. knox: quietly asphyxiate, you see your end, but far too late
chorus: a funeral party
burke: drink up, the hour is growing late
chorus: a funeral party
dr. knox: s tuff the carc-ss in a crate
narrator: all revels must come to their end
so for the constable the tenants send
false friends meet most unpleasant ends
the corpus delicti now made evident
solo – matthew harvey
solo – michael burke
solo – matthew harvey
chorus: a funeral party
burke: step inside and have a quaff
chorus: a funeral party
hare: where guests soon shuffle off
chorus: a funeral party
narrator: protests of innocence rebuffed
chorus: a funeral party
narrator: the life of the party – snuffed
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