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This is the tenth track off of The Decemberists' fifth album, The Hazards of Love. We’re introduced to a most unpleasant character, the murderous and amoral Rake. In the early 18th century, “rake” or “rakehell” was a term for a reckless, roguish, wicked, and often sexually promiscuous young man. Mel...
[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
The Rake’s Song was written by Colin Meloy.
The Rake’s Song was produced by The Decemberists & Tucker Martine.
The Decemberists released The Rake’s Song on Tue Mar 24 2009.