Name: Catherine Wheel
Duration: P00H04M45S
Description: The Catherine Wheel was a cruel form of execution for "traitors" and other enemies of the state in medieval and early modern Europe. This song is inspired by a tragic romance in a story Fern likes, but you'll have to guess which one.

Catherine Wheel

from Ghost Story by Fern Maddie

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The Catherine Wheel was a cruel form of execution for "traitors" and other enemies of the state in medieval and early modern Europe. This song is inspired by a tragic romance in a story Fern likes, but you'll have to guess which one.

lyrics

Hey little darling if you were mine
Wouldn’t have any more reason to fight
Wouldn’t have any more reason to steal
Wouldn’t end up on that Catherine wheel
Wouldn’t end up on that Catherine wheel

Hey little darling if I were yours
Be all the same reason to go the same course
All the same reason to sail the same way
Love won’t get you another day
Love won’t get you another day

Hey little darling if you were mine
I think it would make the whole world fine
I think it would set the whole world straight
Wouldn’t end up on that gibbet gate
Wouldn’t end up on that gibbet gate

Hey little darling if I were yours
The whole damn world would come through those doors
The whole damn world would come to our bed
Take no rest till they had our heads
Take no rest till they had our heads

Hey little darling if you were mine
I’d think I’d just one thing right
Think I’d done just one thing good
Loving you the best I could
Loving you the best I could

Hey little darling if I were yours
History would go the same course
The story would still have the same end
So let’s keep fighting while we can
Let’s keep fighting while we can

Hey little darling if you were mine
I wouldn’t have any more reason to fight
Wouldn’t have any more reason to steal
Wouldn’t end up on that Catherine wheel
Wouldn’t end up on that Catherine wheel

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from Ghost Story, released June 1, 2022
Written by F.M.
Vocal, Guitar, Synth by F.M.
Bass by Colin McCaffrey
Bagpipes and Whistle by Oliver Zeichner

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Fern Maddie Vermont

fern maddie is an old-time balladeer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. she lives in the woods of northern vermont (n'dakinna) where she makes music and tends goats.

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