 | salem's ornament tree A song that in some ways seems appropriate considering the time of year that's upon us.So without further ado I wish you all a happy and safe halloween and leave the rest of the explanation to the author of the work, Samuel Smith:Based on the Witch Trials in Salem Massachusetts in 1692, where some nineteen people were hanged on 'Gallows Hill'. Whether it was a makeshift scaffold, or an actual tree, is a point of debate I leave to more qualified historians of the time and place. The title of the song alludes to the strewn innocent bodies hanged there. Salem's Ornament Tree She'd been working all night long on Saturday Sister mercy don't be cold you're not a saint Were you mixing father's cloven alchemy? Among the garden olives you weep Where fiction swallowed truth I bid you wake up out of your sleep What planet do you really dream on? Can you help me out? In the courtroom hush none more shall ever speak Call the witness forth: Thou child of Sodom heed! Build the scaffold tall we're burning at the stake Unless we find someone to reveal this vision all deranged What venal superstition you keep What planet. Will you help me out of charity? When the judgement comes I'll be needing you there To believe in yourself Well the first thing Goody Proctor had to say Some possession of her soul took me away Tell the witch that there'll be no apologies We're naming all the horrible deeds I'm raising Gallows Hill For Salem cursed your ornament tree. |
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