The Rake’s Song

[Verse 1]
I had entered into a marriage
In the summer of my twenty-first year
And the bells rang for our wedding
Only now do I remember it clear

[Refrain]
Alright, alright, alright

[Verse 2]
No more a rake and no more a bachelor
I was wedded and it whetted my thirst
Until her womb start spilling out babies
Only then did I reckon my curse

[Refrain]
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

[Verse 3]
First came Isaiah with his crinkled little fingers
Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn
Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery
Mercifully taking her mother along

[Refrain]
Alright, alright, alright

[Verse 4]
What can one do when one is widower
Shamefully saddled with three little pests?
All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest

[Refrain]
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

[Verse 5]
Charlotte, I buried after feeding her foxglove
Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
Isaiah fought but was easily bested
Burned his body for incurring my wrath

[Refrain]
Alright, alright, alright

[Verse 6]
And that's how I came, your humble narrator
To be living so easy and free
Expect that you'd think that I should be haunted
But it never really bothers me

[Refrain]
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright