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I set out on Monday the night was cold and vast
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and my brother slept
and though i left quite quietly
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my father raged and raged and my mother wept
now, my life was like a river all sucked into the ground
and then the hammer came down, Lord the hammer came down
Many miles did I roam
Through the ice and through the snow
My horse died on the seventh day
I stumbled into a city
Where the people tried to kill me
And I ran in shame
Then I came upon a river and I laid my saddle down
and then the hammer came down, lord, the hammer came down
it knocked me to the ground and I said "please please,
take me back to my home town", Lord, the hammer came down
Now I've been made weak by visions
Many visions did I see
All through the night
On the seventh hour an angel came
With many snakes in all his hands
And I fled in fright
I pushed off into the river
And the water came around
And then the hammer came down
Lord, the hammer came down
And it did not make a sound
And I said, "Please, please
Take me back to my home ground"
Lord, the hammer came down