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Thread #143928 Message #3328311
Posted By: pdq
24-Mar-12 - 05:37 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Dead's 'Jack Straw' as murder ballad
Subject: Lyr Add: MASON'S CHILDREN (from Grateful Dead)
MASON'S CHILDREN
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia Copyright Ice Nine Publishing
Mason died on Monday We bricked him in the wall All his children grew and grew They never grew so tall before They may never grow so tall again
We dug him up on Tuesday He'd hardly aged a day Taught us all we ever knew We never knew so much before We may never know so much again
Mason was a mighty man A mighty man was he All he said: when I'm dead and gone don't you weep for me
The wall collapsed on Wednesday We chalked it up to fate All his children ran and hid We never hid so well before Swore we'd never show our face again
Thursday came and Friday with fires tall and bright Mason's children cooked the stew and cleaned up when the feast was through Swore we'd never had such times before
Take me to the Reaper Man to pay back what was loaned If he's in some other land write it off as stoned
Mason was a mighty man A mighty man was he All he said: when I'm dead and gone don't you weep for me