Fatal Flower Garden

Lyrics

[Verse 1] It rained, it poured, it rained so hard It rained so hard all day But all the boys in our school Came out to toss and play [Verse 2] They tossed their ball again so high Then again so low They tossed it into a flower garden Where no one was allowed to go [Verse 3] Up stepped a gypsy lady All dressed in yellow and green "Come in, come in my pretty little boy And get your ball again" [Verse 4] "I won't come in, I shan't come in Without my playmates all I'll go to my father and tell him about it That'll cause tears to fall" [Verse 5] She first showed him an apple seed Then again gold rings Then she showed him a diamond That enticed him in [Verse 6] She took him by his lily-white hand She led him through the hall She put him into an upper room Where no-one could hear him call [Verse 7] "Oh, take these finger rings off of my fingers Smoke them with your breath If any of my friends should call for me Tell them that I'm at rest" [Verse 8] "Bury the bible at my head A testament at my feet If my dear mother should call for me Tell her that I'm asleep" [Verse 9] "Bury the bible at my feet A testament at my head If my dear father should call for me Tell him that I am dead"