{"id":1301,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/burke-and-hare-2"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"burke-and-hare-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/burke-and-hare-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BURKE AND HARE [2]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tae help the folk in medical school, word is passed around<br \/>\nA body nae mair than ten days auld will bring in fourteen pound.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a terrible thing, but truth tae say\u2014in this age o&#8217; greed<br \/>\nA man&#8217;s worth little when he&#8217;s alive, but plenty when he&#8217;s deid.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nAn&#8217; it&#8217;s doon the close an&#8217; up the stair a but-an&#8217;-ben wi&#8217; Burke and Hare<br \/>\nBurke&#8217;s the butcher, Hare&#8217;s the thief and Knox is the man that buys the beef.<\/p>\n<p>So in the dark of mony a nicht, when a&#8217; guid folks are sleeping<br \/>\nBy the dyke and in the kirkyard come twa shadows creeping.<br \/>\nAn&#8217; mony a man that&#8217;s cauld richt thru an&#8217; safely hid away<br \/>\nHe never thocht it wisnae the last he&#8217;d see the licht o&#8217;day.<\/p>\n<p>But no contented wi&#8217; howkin&#8217; deid, a ploy that aye gets harder<br \/>\nThey&#8217;ve started pickin&#8217; healthy folk, and then committin&#8217; murder.<br \/>\nAn&#8217; a&#8217; arood the countryside creeps a fearsome pair\u2014<br \/>\nBe ye man or wife or wean, ye&#8217;re nae safe from Burke and Hare.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>Men and women, auld and young, the sickly and the hale<br \/>\nWere murdered, packed up and sent off tae Knox&#8217;s human sale.<br \/>\nThat man o&#8217; skill wi&#8217; subjects warm was frequently supplied,<br \/>\nNor did he question where or how the person brought had died.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>But noo auld Reekie can sleep at last; these two will trade nae mair<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the gallows tree for William Burke, and a pauper&#8217;s grave for Hare.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a terrible thing, but truth tae say\u2014in this age o&#8217; greed<br \/>\nA man&#8217;s worth little when he&#8217;s alive, but plenty when he&#8217;s deid.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tae help the folk in medical school, word is passed around A body nae mair than ten days auld will bring in fourteen pound. 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