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The Ballad of Margaret Reed Lyrics by Niamh Bury

Yellow Roses

2024

[Verse 1]
When they burned me alive
I was nobody's wife
I was nobody's daughter
And I had no child
But my heart burst from my chest
And rolled down to the river
Where it could be quenched
From the cruelty of them
[Verse 2]
I knew the birds and the bees
I knew the roots and the leaves
And the properties of each
I knew, I was discreet
But they told me I had shook
Hands with the devil
And they blamed me for the rain
And the land that would not level
[Bridge]
But a dark and sickened mind
Just cannot survive
Your kind
Your kind won't survive
[Verse 1]
When they burned me alive
I was nobody's wife
I was nobody's daughter
And I had no child
But my heart burst from my chest
And rolled down to the river
Where it could be quenched
From the cruelty of them
Credits
Niamh Bury

Niamh Bury

About “The Ballad of Margaret Reed” by Niamh Bury

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"The Ballad of Margaret Reed" appears on "Yellow Roses" in 2024.

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