Seven Curses

Bob Dylan

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Artist: Bob Dylan Song: Seven Curses Pitch: +0 cents Key: F [Intro] [Verse 1] Old Reilly 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 [Instrumental] [Verse 2] Old Reilly’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 [Verse 3] When the judge he saw Reilly’s daughter His old eyes deepened in his head Saying gold will never free your father The price my dear is you instead [Verse 4] Oh I’m as good as dead cried Reilly 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 [Verse 5] Oh father you will surely die If I don’t take the chance to try To pay the price and not take your advice For that reason I will have to stay [Instrumental] [Verse 6] The gallows shadows shook the evening In the night a hound dog bayed In the dark the grounds were groaning In the dark the price was paid [Instrumental] [Verse 7] The next morning she had awoken She found that the judge had never spoken She saw that hanging branch a-bending She saw her father’s body broken [Verse 8] These be seven curses on a judge so cruel That one doctor will not save him That two eyes cannot see him And the three healers cannot heal him [Verse 9 / Outro] That four ears will not hear him That five walls cannot hide him That six diggers cannot bury him And that seven deaths shall never kill him

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Cette chanson raconte l’histoire tragique d'un homme nommé Reilly, qui a été capturé après avoir volé un cheval. Sur le point d'être pendu, sa fille se lance dans une course désespérée pour sauver son père, apportant avec elle de l’argent. Cependant, le juge lui fait comprendre que l’argent ne pourra pas sauver Reilly, mais qu'il veut plutôt la jeune fille en échange de la vie de son père. Malgré les avertissements de son père, elle décide de rester pour tenter de le sauver. Malheureusement, elle découvre au matin que son père a été exécuté. La chanson se termine sur une note sombre, évoquant les malédictions qui pèsent sur un juge cruel, destiné à ne jamais connaître la paix, peu importe les efforts pour le percer ou l'enterrer. Dans ce récit, on perçoit des thèmes de sacrifice, d'injustice et la cruauté des décisions prises par ceux au pouvoir. C’est une réflexion poignante sur les conséquences des choix des individus et sur la douleur qui en résulte.

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