Old Reilly stole a stallion
They caught him and they brought him back
And they laid him down on the jailhouse ground
With an iron chain around his neck
When Reilly's daughter got a message
That her father was a-going to hang
She rode by night and came the morning
With gold and silver in her hand
When the judge saw Reilly's daughter
His old eyes deepened in his head
Sayin', "Gold will never free your father
The price, my dear, is you instead"
"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"
"Oh Father, you will surely die
If I do not take the chance to try
And pay the price and not take your advice
For this reason, I will have to stay"
The gallows shadows shook the evening
And in the night, a hound dog bayed
In the night, the grounds was groanin'
In the night, the price was paid
Next morning, she had awoken
To find that the judge had never spoken
She saw the hanging branch a-bendin'
She saw her father's body broken
Seven curses on a judge so cruel
That one doctor cannot save him
Two healers cannot heal him
Three eyes cannot see him
Four ears cannot hear him
Five walls cannot hide him
Six beggars cannot buy him
Seven deaths shall never kill him
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