#malinky

Seven evenings, seven mornings they spoke of Marianna ill

There they shamed her, stripped her and maimed her, but they never tamed her will

"Let her sweetness not deceive you, evil hides itself right well

The Sound Of A Tear Not Cried

Two men came to your ha' door And you did not let them in And you did not care What had brought them there They were bones covered ower wi' skin And when you looked again, they were five and ten All sighing a sorrowful sound Did you hear the knell Of the warning bell Or the howl of a hunting hound? Then a hundred more came to your door A-mutterin' and a-makin' their mane Still you scorned at the skaith You were aye sick-laith To keep them fae the wind and rain As the night's grew long, did you hear the throng Roar like a ralliach tide? Through the rising flood Did you hear your own blood Or the sound of a tear not cried? They will wait no more at your ha' door For their waiting days are done And there's no lock nor key That can hold back the sea There's no chains on the rising sun

Appropriate to do something witchy today.

This is a song called ‘The Dreadful End of Marianna for Sorcery.’ It sounds very much like a traditional Scottish ballad, but it was actually written in the early aughts by the wonderful singer songwriter Karine Polwart for the band Malinky. This is a pretty great cover of the song by the Stray Hens.  

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJT0vPTVCAQ)

I simply adore this band, and this album!! And this song.