Fairport Convention Part Vi Lyrics

Part Vi Lyrics

"The world has surely lost it's head, the news is full of crimes
There's
robberies in The Telegraph and there's murders in The Times
And always more
obituaries and even one of these
Concerns the brutal slaughter of one old
Miss Emma Keyes
The police have got their man, they're sure, he never left
the scene
Indeed, he raised a hue and cry, a most unusual thing
An
arsonist, a murderer, his soul will soon be frying
He's young but old enough
to kill and not too young for dying
Now it seems the populace will queue to
see him stand in court
To hear him speak his wicked lies while smiling at
his thoughts
This arrogant young ruffian is obviously guilty
Though
nowhere does it say exactly how or why he killed her"
"Forget it
dear, it's not the first, there's bound to be another
The way you carry on
you'll have us thinking she's your mother
This man called Lee has had his
day and soon he'll be forgotten
So put that paper down before your breakfast
goes quite rotten"