August and Whiteface (live acoustic)

from The Murder Songs Bootleg by Tom Slatter

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August and Whiteface both took a bow
And fled to the caravan out back
As the audience roared their applause
They stuffed the corpse into a sack

August and Whiteface took a wrong turn
And met the gendarme on the road
They dropped the corpse, turned and they fled
But the black clad police hunt them down

If we take of our make-up they won't know us at all.

Let 'em swing let 'em swing
Come haul the rope up
They've earned this fate
Let 'em swing, let 'em swing
Stretch their necks out
Without their greasepaint they're nobodies
Without their greasepaint they're nobodies

August and Whiteface escaped before dawn
Cut the ropes around their wrists
Distracted guards, two broken necks
And they fled into the mist
If we take off our make-up they won't know us at all

If we take of our make-up they won't know us at all.

Let 'em swing let 'em swing
Come haul the rope up
They've earned this fate
Let 'em swing, let 'em swing
Stretch their necks out
Without their greasepaint they're nobodies
Without their greasepaint they're nobodies

Let them swing.

If we take of our make-up they won't know us at all.
If we take of our make-up they won't know us at all.

Let 'em swing let 'em swing
Come haul the rope up
They've earned this fate
Let 'em swing, let 'em swing
Stretch their necks out
Without their greasepaint they're nobodies
Without their greasepaint they're nobodies

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from The Murder Songs Bootleg, released June 6, 2020

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A latter-day Victorian street-theatre barker with a guitar promising tales of mystery, imagination, ‘orrible murders and bloody great waving tentacles’ is how Tom Slatter has been described. Since 2010 he has been scaring audiences with six albums and numerous EPs of storytelling songs. ... more

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