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Sixpence to Bury the Dead

from Ataraxy by Depthbuffer

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Wednesday's child full of sorrow
Mother stepped over rope
Peridot stone for protection
Hamatiel's blessing for troth

Steel key in the cradle
Keep the black dwarves at bay
Breathe on the infant when baptized
Cast the devil away

Dew from fresh graves in the churchyard in May at sunrise
Heal the child's ailments and they will be bonny and wise
Sixpence to bury the dead
Sixpence to bury the dead

Children sing ring a roses
All fall down as they play
Pleasant scents to protect you
Keep the bad air away

Tales of wolves that will eat you
If into the forest you stray
Hags that ride you at nighttime
Fairies take you away

And the blackbirds baked in the pie start to sing
A dainty dish, surely fit for a king
Sixpence to bury the dead
Sixpence to bury the dead

Dress in nine things of nine colours
As a cure for the ague
Tie your garters round gallows
As a ward against plague

Breathe the breath of the white mare
Cut the ear of a goat
Eat a breakfast of spiderwebs
Purge the cough from your throat

Drive a nail through the soil at the crossroads, turn three times around
To the next passer by all your fevers shall ever be bound
Sixpence to bury the dead
Sixpence to bury the dead

Throw salt over your shoulder
Lest Old Scratch goad you on
Don't walk under that ladder
'Twixt spirit, and father, and son

See yourself in a coffin-lid
You will join the deceased
Touch the toe of the dead man
And your spirit be eased

The ferryman stood by the riverside holds out his hand
Takes the coins from your eyes as his price for departing this land
Sixpence to bury the dead
Sixpence to bury the dead

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from Ataraxy, released April 23, 2022

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Depthbuffer London, UK

Producing an eclectic mix of electronic music from a tiny room in London, England. His output ranges from one-off, quirky singles spawned from a single idea, to slightly more "serious" in-depth work, with a wide range of influences and no single discernible subgenre throughout. ... more

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