Song Description

A true story from the history of Scotland.

Lyrics

THE STORY OF BURKE & HARE
WORDS AND MUSIC BY: Willie McCulloch
VERSE Twa scoundrels came from Ireland,
And they sailed to bonnie Scotland
Made their home auld reekie,
And lived at the top o`yon stair?
In the dark auld days there were many ways,
For a man tae make a penny?
From rotting flesh, and untimely death?
Came the story of Burke & Hare

VERSE In the medical profession,
They were startin` tae explore?
With the lack of fresh cadavers?
And the surgeons wantin` more?
Now, a pretty price was paid fer a man
Or a girl with long blond hair?
Laid fresh in the ground,
When the sun when down?
Along came Burke & Hare

CHORUS Oh! dig my lads, here we go?
Down to the flesh and bones below?
Rest in peace, but souls beware?
The story of Burke & Hare

Verse They made a damn good livin`...
Stealing from the dead,
20 pounds fer an arm and a chest,
And a bonus fer the head!
But digging up the bodies
In front of the big headstone
The two wise men had a better plan?
They decided tae make their own!

They took the unsuspectin`
Tae a warm fire and a dram?
And choked them all tae another world?
And so went the clever laid plan?
They wheeled them thru the cobble streets
Tae the surgeon?s wee back door,
And he paid a devils ransom?
Then bid them, ?Get Me More?

CHORUS Oh! dig my lads, here we go?
Down to the flesh and bones below?
Rest in peace, but souls beware?
The story of Burke & Hare










THE STORY OF BURKE & HARE
WORDS AND MUSIC BY: Willie McCulloch
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Verse Now people were disappearin`
At quite an alarming rate,
Up by the streets of the castle?
And down by the cannon gate?
Then one day a young student,
Was cuttin` thru the skin?
At one end of the sheet was the soles o` his feet
And the other was his Uncle Jim?

CHORUS Oh! dig my lads, here we go?
Down to the flesh and bones below?
Rest in peace, but souls beware?
The story of Burke & Hare



Ó, willie mcculloch, 2001