The Burning Wytch

from Wytches & Cunningfolk Alternative Mixes by The Dolmen

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A poetic prelude to Living the Bloodline,
The poem penned by Taloch is focused upon a Wytch being dragged through the streets after being condemned for curdling cream and causing a sheep to have a still born lamb....
The saddest and most tragic fact about these charges as they were real and victims of the Witchfinder General were tortured hung and burnt as a punishment for what seem such laughable and ridiculous reasons.

Despite all of the persecution experienced in this world the Wytches & Cunningfolk still exist and these days are thriving.

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The Burning Witch
I hear ya laughing as ya stare
they chopped away me nails
and they pulled out all me hair
the smiling of the witch finder
a shilling in his pocket for a job well done
Theres a burning tree waiting
in the square
the priest is there to offer up a prayer
I see me children over there
are crying for a mercy they will never hear

All the men have gathered
round
to boast the way they caught
me when their great lord found
the mole on my back was a sign of black
the devil was my father
and i never lacked
All the curses i have made
curdling the cream on a summers day
My greatest sin the still born lamb farmer of the land let he now stand
and light this fire

Written By Taloch Jameson

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from Wytches & Cunningfolk Alternative Mixes, released January 23, 2018

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