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Swing The Sickle

from Shoulder Season by The Brass Traps

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175bpm, key: Dm

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I was dead on, I was dead on my feet
As I walked down the street in the moonlight
There was nothing, there was nothing to see
Just a cemetary, then my hackles stood upright
And through the silence, through the silence I heard-...
Then the thought just occurred, I was dreaming,
But the spectre, but the spectre of doom
From the wide open tomb left me screaming.

Coz all at once I heard the sound of a ghostly chorus from underneath the ground, singing

Swing the sickle, reaper, swing it low
As you send those swinging sinners down below
And you swing your sickle, reaper, swing your scythe
Every swinging sinner, swinging for their life

There were ghostly bouncers, I could barely see 'em
As they led me down inside the mausoleum
And I think the door girl was an apparition
But she didn't charge me, it was free admission
And some little devils came and took my jacket
And I felt the chills and heard the awful racket
With the horns a-soaring and the bones a-wailing
All the mists a-swirling and the ferry man sailing
All the fires raging and the brimstone boiling
All the flesh was weakened, all the mortals coiling
With the deadly rhythms, all the bodies swaying
With some zombie lindy and some vampire slaying
And the voodoo barman serving spirits infernal
For the dear departed, all their cares eternal
From the waves of terror, I just couldn't hide
Kept hearing morbid voices from the other side, singing...

And I nearly fell into a trance
When a pretty poltergeist; she asked me for a dance

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from Shoulder Season, released June 30, 2010
Lyrics and music by Bernard de la Coeur
Performed and recorded by Bernard de la Coeur

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The Brass Traps Melbourne, Australia

The Brass Traps consists of Bernard, with various special guests. He hopes that the Brass Traps will put a smile on your face, a tap in your toe and a tune in your voice! The Brass Traps is based in Melbourne, Australia. When not performing with The Brass Traps, Bernard can be found playing with the Melbourne Ukulele Kollective and with Wadaiko Rindo (Taiko - Japanese Drumming). ... more

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