Across The Marshes Lyrics

The wretched beast before us cowers like a dog,
The men light their torches to cut through the night and fog, The law
is clear, his guilt assured he must suffer for his crimes against
nature?s law
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Drag the creature screaming across the marshes this night
To gouge and tear, to avenge is our people?s sacred right
Woe to those who would forget the debt we owe ourselves
Woe to those who would lose sight of what is wrong and what is right
Blind were we to mercy, blind were we to sympathy
To let such a thing as this survive is nothing short of tyranny Those
who step across the line shall not die like a man By stick and rope
around the throat, turned by an elders hand
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A practice right and holy, a practice truly civilized
When men are lower than animals, like an animal they should die When
the men return to the hearth and look their families in the eye, They
nod and return the smile, duty done all safer in their beds tonight
Duty done all safer in their beds tonight
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