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Album The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991

Seven Curses by Bob Dylan

Release Date
Tue Mar 26 1991
Performed by
Bob Dylan
Produced by
Tom Wilson
Writed by
Bob Dylan
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An outtake from The Times They Are a-Changin', Dylan’s version of the folk song “The Maid Freed from the Gallows” tells the story of a girl who tries to save her father, who has stolen a horse, from the gallows pole. The judge insists she must surrender herself to his wills, which her father cannot...

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Seven Curses Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Old Reilly stole a stallion
But they caught him and they brought him back
And they laid him down on the jailhouse ground
With an iron chain around his neck

[Verse 2]
Old Reilly's daughter got a message
That her father was going to hang
She rode by night and came by morning
With gold and silver in her hand

[Verse 3]
When the judge he saw Reilly's daughter
His old eyes deepened in his head
Saying, "Gold will never free your father
The price, my dear, is you instead"

[Verse 4]
"Oh, I'm as good as dead," cried Reilly
"It's only you that he does crave
And my skin will surely crawl if he touches you at all
Get on your horse and ride away"

[Verse 5]
"Oh, father you will surely die
If I don't take the chance to try
And pay the price and not take your advice
For that reason I will have to stay"

[Verse 6]
The gallows shadows shook the evening
In the night a hound dog bayed
In the night the grounds were groaning
In the night the price was paid

[Verse 7]
The next morning she had awoken
To know that the judge had never spoken
She saw that hangin' branch a-bendin'
She saw her father’s body broken

[Verse 8]
These be seven curses on a judge so cruel:
That one doctor will not save him
That two healers will not heal him
That three eyes will not see him

[Verse 9]
That four ears will not hear him
That five walls will not hide him
That six diggers will not bury him
And that seven deaths shall never kill him

Seven Curses Q&A

Who wrote Seven Curses's ?

Seven Curses was written by Bob Dylan.

Who produced Seven Curses's ?

Seven Curses was produced by Tom Wilson.

When did Bob Dylan release Seven Curses?

Bob Dylan released Seven Curses on Tue Mar 26 1991.

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