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Alan Stevens Hewitt - Shattercane And Velvetgrass Lyrics

[BRIDGET, spoken]
Miss Emma, you've forgotten your book! Oh, and she asked me to pack it special

[LIZZIE, spoken]
I shall take care of it for her. "The Book of Household Poisons"?

[BRIDGET, spoken]
Time for Mrs. Borden's tea!

Fire burn, and toil
Kettle bubble, water boil
Assam, Salem
Bitter trouble, very strong

Lizzie: (spoken)
Prussic acid is one of the most rapidly acting toxins
Which affects mammals

Bridget:
Black leaves, and steep
Settle cozy, dark as sleep
Oh soothe this day
Milk and sugar, cup o’ tea

Lizzie: (spoken)
Several common plants can accumulate large quantities
Lizzie, counterpoint to Bridget: (spoken)
Shattercane and velvet grass
Sorghum and white clover
Millipedes and burnet moths
Flax when winter’s over
Cherry stones and apricots
Pale and milky silent
Poison for it’s Prussian blue

Bridget, counterpoint to Lizzie:
Fire burn, and toil
Kettle bubble, water boil
Assam, Salem
Bitter trouble, very strong
Black leaves, and steep
Settle cozy, dark as sleep
Oh soothe this day
Milk and sugar, cup o’ tea

Lizzie:
Ferric phenyl cyanide, 300 parts per million
Prussic acid, blue-ish clear, protoplasmic poison
Boils at 26 degrees and faintly tastes of almonds
Death is by paralysis of heart and respiration
Passes through unbroken skin
Careful, for it’s found within…
Shattercane and velvet grass
Sorghum and white clover
Millipedes and burnet moths
Flax when winter’s over
Cherry stones and apricots
Pale and milky silent
Poison for it’s Prussian blue
Beautiful and violent

Following directions in the Book of Household Poisons
Just a drop dropped in the milk
And hope that she’ll enjoy some
Mind you don’t forget to close your eyes and hold your breath
But
Wouldn’t it be easy, now?
A perfect little death
Just drop a grain into her tea
Mrs Borden, R.I.P

Lizzie, counterpoint to Bridget:
Shattercane and velvet grass
Sorghum and white clover
Millipedes and burnet moths
Flax when winter’s over
Cherry stones and apricots
Pale and milky silent
Poison for it’s Prussian blue
Beautiful and violent
Bridget, counterpoint to Lizzie:
Fire burn, and toil
Kettle bubble, water boil
Assam, Salem
Bitter trouble, very strong
Black leaves, and steep
Settle cozy, dark as sleep
Oh soothe this day
Milk and sugar, cup o’ tea
Milk and sugar, cup o’ tea
Milk and sugar, cup o’ tea