Hi Steve, How did I manage to miss this great song. Love the miaows and those sharp lyrics. The refrain is so catchy I was singing along. Hope you are well and staying away from the virus. Best to you. I think the Moriarty name is relatively common in Edinburgh with a certain Mary Moriarty being declared as the Queen of Leith!

I can well imagine a tome of verses for this bad 'un!  oh man you can write!

Like the arpeggio sound in the background. Like the whole song!! Excellent made, fantastic chorous.

I'm sucker for this classic folk rock groove, sort of island techno with some cutting lyrics. Durge

I am on the side of the foxes too... this man sounds evil.. paying attention to the lyrics.

Based loosely on a 'vermin hunter' who i once ran across in county Clare. I've always been on the side of Mr Fox so we were not the best of friends.  
Here are four verses of the dozen or so that tell the tale.  I used a few garageband noises too.  

Down the muddy track, five kittens in a sack,
down to the river, empty handed back.
Every year it happens just the same,
who is this man, what is his name ?
It's Dreadlocks Moriarty, he's the cruelest man in town,
Dreadlocks Moriarty, he's going to put your kitten down.

Are there foxes in your henhouse, are there pigeons in the corn,
are there wabbits in your garden, are there badgers on the lawn ?
etc


They say he had a wife once and she got sick
so he beat her to death with a hurley stick.
Now she's buried in the mountains where the cold wind blows,
and the cattle die in the winter snow.
That's Dreadlocks Moriarty, his donkey;s all look sad,
Dreadlocks Moriarty, How did you ever come to be so bad.

Moriarty has a daughter, she's a comely lass
with a crucifix and a dancer's ass,
i tried to woo her once beneath the  rowan tree
but we were seen and now he's coming for me,
Dreadlocks Moriarty, how did a man ever go so wrong ?
Dreadlocks Moriarty, I'm going to kill you with a song.

Back to the river.... something has survived, it'a a half-drowned kitten and it's still alive,
i hold it to my breast and my beating heart,
i was looking for some friends and this is a start
dreadlocks etcetcetcetc

The Ballad of Dreadlocks Moriarty. Steve Killingbeck

It's a home-spun kind of sound.    Enjoy your dream . Stevek

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