Old Riley, he's done 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 'Reilly's daughter got a message
That her father was going to have
She rode by night and came by morning
With gold and silver in her hand
When the judge saw O 'Reilly's daughter
His old eyes deepened in his head
Saying, God will never free your father
The price, my dear, is you will stay
I'm as good as dead, says Riley
It's only you that he displays
My skin will surely fall, 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 to try
And pay for the price,
and not take your advice
For that reason I would have to
stay
Gower's shadow shook that evening,
and the night the hound dogged bay
And the night the crowns
were crawling,
and the night the price was paid
The next morning she had awoken,
to know that the judge had never spoken
She saw the hanging branch a -bending
She saw her father's body broken
Seven curses on the judge so cruel
That one doctor will not save him
That two healers will not heal him
And three eyes will not see him
And four ears will not hear him
And five walls will not hide him
And six diggers will not bury him
And seven deaths will never free him
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