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Tales from the Jago

by Gladstone

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1.
On moonlit nights down by the coast men move like so many ghosts some are nervous, some cloaked in fear their all waiting for the signal...the coast is clear.... Night creatures on the marsh Phantoms of the coast watch the wall as they go by 'tis they that risk the most Brandy for one and baccy for another bales of silk and gin for your mother the good vicar plots with Mipps the wise so hail the Scarecrow and damn the excise Night creatures on the marsh Phantoms of the coast watch the wall as they go by 'tis they that risk the most All the King's redcoats, the locals sang they couldn't stop the trade of the Romney Marsh gang but on who's orders did they win was it Captain Clegg or good old Dr Syn..... Night creatures on the marsh Phantoms of the coast watch the wall as they go by 'tis they that risk the most Night creatures on the marsh Phantoms of the coast watch the wall as they go by 'tis they that risk the most
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Bluey 02:38
Today I'm a plumber and as you can see a plumber's a tradesman of highest degree some days are pleasant and some days are not 'cause some days you're covered in shit and in snot Some say it's a good life but I'm telling you it's the lead in the pipes that is turning me blue the bluer I get the more it is said it won't be too long before I am dead............. Well I hate being a plumber there's more I could be I could be a toff or run away to sea but since I've no money and I hate getting wet and I'm not going to prison for being in debt I've found a way which is much calmer I will become a baby farmer but there's not much call for that in these parts so I'll have to start by robbing from tarts Now I'm a mutcher that's as far as I've sunk I spend all my time robbing from drunks they say I'm all bad and I ain't got a soul but I'm not going to rot in Victoria's gaol In our part of the city there isn't much light the toffs in the west want to keep us from sight but here in the streets of the east we do thrive we rob and we steal just to stay alive.
3.
By the light of a guttering candle he sat his face set and grim he could feel magnetic rays dancing in his head why would no one listen to him........................ People were sent to make him worry Glovewoman and Archie were in no hurry acting on orders from Billy the King the Jacobins built their infernal machine James Tilly Matthews, he knew of the Air loom James Tilly Matthews, now resigned to his doom James Tilly Matthews, his head full of sadness James Tilly Matthews, his head full of madness In deep dank cellars the enemy hid lurking in coffee houses as they did releasing rays as their victims stood to brainwash the important, the great and the good James Tilly Matthews, he knew of the Air loom James Tilly Matthews, now resigned to his doom James Tilly Matthews, his head full of sadness James Tilly Matthews, his head full of madness The Air loom itself was of oak and brass fed from barrels of a stinking morass it could fire an idea right into your brain or make you die in excruciating pain James Tilly Matthews, he knew of the Air loom James Tilly Matthews, now resigned to his doom James Tilly Matthews, his head full of sadness James Tilly Matthews, his head full of madness
4.
Winter was a bad man, he came from a bad lot eighteen years for petty crimes in prison cells left to rot they hanged his brother before him they hanged his father as well but he didn't learn his lesson as he sat there in his cell Winter was a cruel man, his temper it was hot he murdered Margaret Crozier, stole everything she'd got they hanged his brother before him they hanged his father as well now the hangman's sent his soul to a fiery hell listen to my story heed my warning well as my body swings in the crisp cold air my soul resides in hell The Clark sisters were also hanged for their part in the crime their bodies sent to surgeon's hall and damned for all time they hanged his brother before him they hanged his father as well Winter's body now hangs in chains on a gibbet at Steng cross fell listen to my story heed my warning well as my body swings in the crisp cold air my soul resides in hell William Winter, you have been found guilty of the heinous crime of murder, you will be taken from here to a place of execution, where you will be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may God have mercy upon your soul.....................
5.
Twisted Lip 03:27
I knew a man with a twisted lip who liked to give his missus the slip he liked to wear false nose and frown and go begging in London town all the toff thought he was great he rattled off prose at a fearsome rate they would stop and listen to his sound then they'd give him half a crown His wife thought he was missing Holmes and Watson thought he was pissing his money up a gin palace wall they didn't know where he was at all when at last they brought him to book they all had to take a second look he didn't look like her husband at all a twisted lip and not so tall He had made a lot of cash now he had quite a big stash it earned him quite a few bob it was better than a job his disguise it was complete when he took to the streets and now his story can be seen serialised in Strand Magazine I knew a man with a twisted lip who liked to give his missus the slip he liked to wear false nose and frown and go begging in London town all the toff thought he was great he rattled off prose at a fearsome rate they would stop and listen to his sound then they'd give him half a crown.....that's more than I earn in a week....cor, what a bloody cheek!
6.
Newgate 03:28
There is a place of fear and loathing with ragged people in ragged clothing cross the threshold at your cost for in Newgate prison you're one of the lost With a family starving, it is said to steal a loaf you'll wind up dead in a halter and cart they'll make you ride and at Tyburn tree your fate resides To escape from this place you will need Jack Shepards' advice or by wooden steed Jack Ketch is waiting with a rope in his hand and then you'll join the ranks of the damned.
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Dexter sat by his fire as the flames were about to expire fogged notions appeared in his mind some unseemly at best unkind He saw wars so bad now a people oh so sad factories gone, the land now sold shipyards gone and the furnaces cold Britannia had ruled the waves now her people are economic slaves bankers, politicians, a new world order spiralling prices and people getting poorer When he awoke his eyes were damp outside a glow from a tall gas lamp what visions did he see on this August night in 1914...... The lanterns are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.......
8.
Sahara's sun hot unabated the expedition was cursed and fated Lord Carnarvon's fortune and dreams lay scattered in the desert it seems...... At last a breakthrough was reached Tutankhamun's tomb was finally breached place was abandoned by the superstitious the curse of the boy King was cruel and vicious..... It was a fly bite, or was it worse Pharaoh had the last laugh with his curse his last gasp as Carnarvon fell his dying words "I feel like hell"..... 21 dead on swift wings for those who disturb the peace of the Kings this warning was written on his tomb the curse of the Pharaoh will get you soon.....

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released July 31, 2014

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