The Gribble House

from Windless Storm by Roy Stalnaker

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THERE CAME A MOAN
FROM IN THE HOME
OF ELIZA GRIBBLE AT DAYLIGHT
BLOCKING THE DOOR
LYING ON THE FLOOR
MAGGIE HUNTER BARELY CLINGS TO LIFE

JUST DOWN THE HALL
SWEET YOUNG CARRIE WOULD FALL
BARELY WEARING HER BLOOD SOAKED DRESS
FOUND DEAD IN HER BED
ELIZA SEEMED TO STARE
AT HER BIBLE
THAT NOW REST ON HER CHEST
GIVING HER PEACE IN DEATH

NOW AND FOREVER MORE
MAGGIE BLOCKS THE DOOR
NEVER TO BE RELEASED
SPIRTS CAN FIND NO PEACE
WITH HER DIEING BREATH
SHE SWORE TO NEVER REST
TILL THE ONE TO BLAME
TAST THE DEVIL’S FLAME
TILL THEN MAGGIE WON'T
SHE WON'T LET THEM OUT
OF THE GRIBBLE HOUSE

AS RUMORS FLEW
THE POLICE KNEW
SOON FEAR AND PANIC WOULD SET IN
HUNDRED'S PAID THE COST
THIER FREEDOM LOST
ALL FOR THE COLOR OF THERE SKIN

THE NIGHT SHE DIED ALL ALONE BY HER SIDE
PREACHER WYLDER WOULD LATER SAY
WITH HER DIEING BREATH MAGGIE HUNTER SAID
IT WAS HER HUSBAND THAT WAS TO BLAME
LEST THE PREACHER CLAMED

REPEAT CHORUS

BAPTIZED THE NIGHT HE WAS TO DIE
BY THE MAN THAT HAD TURNED HIM IN
PREACHER WYLDER WAS SO SURPRISED
WHEN HUNTER STILL SWORE HIS INNOCENCE
HE HAD THE GOVERNOR COMMUTE
FOR IT MUST BE THE TRUTH
FOR NO MAN COULD LIE THAT HE'D BAPTIZED
THATS WHY SOME FOLKS SAY
MORE THAN ONE MAN GOT AWAY

REPEAT CHORUS

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from Windless Storm, released June 11, 2022

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