Song Lyric Sunday: June Brides
Some of us fall in love
and some of us just fall.
In both cases tears, passionate whispers, desperate promises made to God or even the Devil are involved.
In today’s Song Lyric Sunday prompt, I’ve decided to focus on the dark June Brides- they are not be as celebrated as the traditional Brides, they don’t register for gifts, they don’t get parties or gifts of fancy underwear and honeymoons to tropical Islands.
But none the less they are Brides too and this song and the artwork I’ve chosen reflect that.
Gertrude Abercrombie
A Gillian Welch song sung by Michelle Foster
Lyrics:
The Devil Had A Hold Of Me
Now I was just a girl of two
Now I was just a girl of two
With a golden heart and a button shoe
The devil had a hold of me
The devil had a hold of me
I turned my head and I could see
The devil had a hold of me
There was something wrong with the butcher’s boy
Was something wrong with the butcher’s boy
He trembled in his hand and voice
The devil had a hold of me
The devil had a hold of me
The others knew to let him be
But the devil had a hold of me
Now the tailpipe spit and the engine roared
The tailpipe spit and the engine roared
I’s waving out the Plymouth door
And the devil had a hold of me
The devil had a hold of me
The old folks saw the last they’d see
The devil had a hold of me
I dreamed last night that my time was done
I dreamed last night that my time was done
And my soul flew up to the holy son
But the devil had a hold of me
The devil had a hold of me
I snapped back down when he pulled my lead
The devil had a hold of me
There’re those who’ll laugh and not believe
There’re those who’ll laugh and not believe
Until you feel that touch upon your sleeve
The devil had a hold of me
The devil had a hold of me
I turned my head and I could see
The devil had a hold of me
I turned my head and I could see
The devil had a hold of me
Gertrude Abercrombie