O'er a lily's stole a stallion
But they caught him and they brought him back
And they laid him down
on the jailhouse ground With an iron chain around his neck
O'er a lily's daughter got a message
That her father was gonna hang
She rode by night and came by morning
With gold and silver in her hand
When the judge saw Riley's daughter His old eyes deepened in his head
Saying gold will never free a father
They priced my dear as you instead
I'm as good as dead cried Riley It's only you that he does crave
And my skin will surely crawl If he touches you at all
Get on your horse and ride away
Oh father you will surely die
If I don't take the chance and try
To pay the price
And I'll take your advice For that reason I will have to stay
The gallows shadows shook the evening
In the night a hound dog bade
In the dark the grounds were groaning In the dark the price was paid
The next morning when she had awoken
She found that the judge had never spoken
She saw that hanging branch abandoned
She saw her father's body broken
These be seven curses on a judge so cruel
That one doctor cannot save him
That two eyes cannot see him And that three healers cannot heal him
That four ears cannot hear him
That five walls cannot hide him
That six diggers cannot bury him
And that seven deaths shall never kill him