Mad Judy
Thomas Hardy
1840 to 1928
Track 1
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Gathered them to wed,
Comers to this stony shore!
When she heard our christening mirth
Sing her songs again.
When the daughters and the sons
She was crazed, we knew, and we
Judy was insane, we knew.
She would rock and mutter, "More
Judy used to cry:
She would kneel and sigh.
When the hamlet hailed a birth
What she liked we let her do,
She would feast, and by her brands
And we like-intending ones
On a babe or twain,
Danced till dawn was red,
When old Headsman Death laid hands
Humoured her infirmity.
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