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MADAME GENEVA'S

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Intro :            (x4)
 
 
  
 
 
I'm a   maker of   ballads righ  t pretty
I   write them right   here in th  e street
You can   buy them   all over th  e city
  Yours for a   penny   a sheet
 
 
I'm a   word pecker   out of th  e printers
  Out of the   dens of Gi  n lane
I'll   write up a   scene on   a counter
Con  fessions and   sins in th  e mai  n, boys
Con  fessions and   sins in th  e main
 
 
Then you'll   find me in   Madam  e Ge  neva's
  Keeping the   demons a  t bay
There's   nothing like   gin fo  r drowning th  em in
But   they'll always be   back on a hangin  g day
 
 
                          On a hanging day
           
           
           
  
 
 
They come   rattling   over th  e cobbles
They   sit on their   coffins o  f black
  Some are struck   dumb, som  e gabble
Top-  heavy on   brandy o  r sack
 
 
The   pews are all   full of fin  e fellows
And the   hawker has   set up he  r shop
As they're   turning them   off at th  e gallows
She'll be   selling right   under th  e dro  p, boys
  Selling right   under th  e drop
 
 
Then you'll   find me in   Madam  e Ge  neva's
  Keeping the   demons a  t bay
There's   nothing like   gin fo  r drowning th  em in
But   they'll always be   back on a hangin  g day
 
 
                          On a hanging day
           
           
           
           
           
 
  
 
  
 

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Last modifications: 2011-11-23
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