I had entered into a marriage
In the summer of my twenty-first year
And the bells rang for our wedding

Only now do I remember it clear
Alright, alright, alright


No more a rake and no more a bachelor
I was wedded and it whetted my thirst
Until her womb start spilling out babies

Only then did I reckon my curse
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright


First came Eziah with his crinkled little fingers
Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn

Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery
Mercifully taking her mother along
Alright, alright, alright


What can one do when one is widower
Shamefully saddled with three little pests

All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest
Alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright, alright

Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove

Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
Eziah fought but was easily bested
Burned his body for incurring my wrath

Alright, alright, alright

And that's how I came your humble narrator

To be living so easy and free
Expect you think that I should be haunted
But it never really bothers me

Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alrig