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Malacoda Lyrics by Samuel Beckett

Echo’s Bones and Other Precipitates

1935

thrice he came
the undertaker's man
impassible behind his scutal bowler
to measure
is he not paid to measure
this incorruptible in the vestibule
this malebranca knee deep in the lilies
Malacoda knee-deep in the lilies
Malacoda for all the expert awe
that felts his perineum mutes his signal
sighing up through the heavy air
must it be it must be it must be
find the weeds engage them in the garden
hear she may see she need not
to coffin
with assistant ungulata
find the weeds engage their attention
hear she must see she need not
to cover
to be sure cover cover all over
your targe allow me hold your sulphur
divine dogday glass set fair
stay Scarmilion stay stay
lay this Huysum on the box
mind the imago it is he
hear she must see she must
all aboard all souls
half-mast aye aye
nay
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Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

About “Malacoda” by Samuel Beckett

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