Grave Robber
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Another ghost one. I love reading about them!
Lyrics:
Grave Robber
© 2020 Cindy Prince
Jean Baptiste
Was a gravedigger
In the Great Salt Lake region
No one knew
How he was wealthy
Until they found the reason
He'd been robbing graves
And selling the jewelry
And even wearing the clothes
They banished him
To a small lake island
That is now home to his ghost
Chorus
Don't go near the southern shore
Of the Great Salt Lake at night
You might just see his roaming ghost
Holding rotten clothes real tight
The grave robber gets no rest
He walks until first light
Mr. Baptiste was greedy
Took everything he could
Threw the stripped bodies back in
He didn't think they'd need
Their rings and clothes anymore
So he decided that he'd cash is
Repeat chorus
He wore a suit to court
He'd dug up one night
Thinking no one would care
But it was a storekeeper's
Burial suit
That he had the nerve to wear
Repeat chorus
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Comments
great story. i especially love the chorus. the end llooks as thoough you mught have left the final words off
Oops. I'll change it.
What a great story! Love all the detail in this one. Haunting but also a little humorous.