[00:00.78]The Decemberists-the rake's song
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[00:08.91]I had entered into a marriage
[00:13.02]In the summer of my twenty-first year
[00:16.99]And the bells rang for our wedding
[00:21.25]Only now do I remember it clear
[00:24.59]Alright, alright, alright
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[00:33.48]No more a rake and no more a bachelor
[00:38.07]I was wedded and it whetted my thirst
[00:42.02]Until her womb start spilling out babies
[00:46.13]Only then did I reckon my curse
[00:49.46]Alright, alright, alright
[00:57.85]Alright, alright, alright
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[01:11.28]First came Isaiah with his crinkled little fingers
[01:15.40]Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn
[01:19.23]Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery
[01:23.42]Mercifully taking her mother along
[01:27.06]Alright, alright, alright
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[01:36.21]What can one do when one is widower
[01:40.48]Shamefully saddled with three little pests
[01:44.46]All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
[01:48.68]So my burden I began to divest
[01:52.08]Alright, alright, alright
[02:00.47]Alright, alright, alright
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[02:13.64]Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove
[02:18.02]Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
[02:22.05]Isaiah fought but was easily bested
[02:26.19]Burned his body for incurring my wrath
[02:29.52]Alright, alright, alright
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[02:38.50]And that's how I came your humble narrator
[02:43.04]To be living so easy and free
[02:46.81]Expect you think that I should be haunted
[02:51.20]But it never really bothers me
[02:54.58]Alright, alright, alright
[03:02.92]Alright, alright, alright
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