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exhumed - a funeral party lyrics

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(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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