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Poor Murdered Woman

from A Twelvemonth and a Day by Mark Automaton

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It was Hankey the Squire as I've heard men say
Who rode out a-hunting on one Saturday
They rode out a-hunting, but nothing they found
But a poor murdered woman laid on the cold ground

About eight o'clock, boys, the dogs they throwed off
On Leatherhead Common, and that was the spot
They tried all the bushes but nothing they found
But a poor murdered woman laid on the cold ground

They whipped their dogs off and they kept them away
For I do think it proper she should have fair play
They tried all the bushes but nothing they found
But a poor murdered woman laid on the cold ground

They mounted their horses and they rode off the ground
They rode to the village and alarmed it all around
“It is late in the evening, I'm sorry to say,
She cannot be removed until the next day.”

The next Sunday morning about eight o'clock
Some hundreds of people to the spot they did flock
For to see that poor creature, your hearts would have bled
Some cold-hearted violence came into their heads

She was took off the Common and down to an inn
And the man that has kept it, his name is John Simms.
The Coroner was sent for and the jury they joined
And soon they concluded and settled their mind.

Her coffin was brought and in it she was laid
And took to the churchyard in fair Leatherhead
No father, no mother, no friend I am told
Came to see the poor creature laid under the mould.

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from A Twelvemonth and a Day, released May 11, 2019

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Mark Automaton came to prominence as a founding member of the seminal “cassette culture” band the Instant Automatons, who were instrumental in spearheading the UK DIY music scene of the late 70s and early 80s.
Since then, Mark has been active as a producer, musical collaborator and solo artist, releasing music under his own name and also as 391 and randomk/automata. ... more

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