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Catalog of Woes -- MYSSOURI - ©2002 ASCAP

Well woe betide the child, yes, woe betide the child now, woe betide the child my Lord!
Between the devil and the deep only grief and troubled sleep my Lord!
Cause the suffering ain't gone down, no the suffering ain't gone down
No the suffering ain't gone down my Lord!
See the ballast does ascend from the misery on the other end my Lord!
Who will don the bramble crown? Who will don the bramble crown?
Who will don the bramble crown my Lord?
See you ain't the only one, they've all forsaken all their sons my Lord!
We tear our clothes, we wail our woes and we shear our heads in the rain!
But above the storm clouds the vaults are silent and in heaven nothing has changed!
Alackaday! Alack-a-liege! Alack-a-deity! Cela! Cela!
Well have you seen my empty hand? Have you seen my empty hand? Have you seen my empty hand
my Lord?
Since I submitted to the geld I can't remember what I held my Lord!
But it's the wormwood and the gall! It's the wormwood and the gall!
It's the wormwood and the gall my Lord!
Now my house is black and hollow! It's a bitter pill to swallow my Lord!
And the ordure's in the court, yes the ordure's in the court, yes the ordure's in the court my Lord!
In the atavistic halls heads do roll when gavels fall my Lord!
We tear our clothes and we wail our woes and we shear our heads in the rain!
But above the storm clouds the vaults are silent and in heaven nothing has changed!
Alackaday! Alack-a-liege! Alack-a-deity! Cela! Cela! X2
And every mountain's caving in! Every mountain's caving in! Every mountain's caving in! etc.

Previously unreleased, from late September 2001 demo sessions which yielded four songs: The Floorless Jig, Catalog of Woes, Orphan Song and Landlocked Blues. Myssouri at the time of this recording was Michael Bradley, Mark Rogers, Chris Reeves and Glen on bass (will recall his surname asap).