Seven Curses

[Verse 1]
Old Reilly he 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]
"I'm as good as dead," says Reilly
"It's only you that he does crave
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 that 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]
Seven curses on a judge so cruel:
That one doctor will not save him
That two healers will not heal him
And three eyes will not see him

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