In mourning at least four mornings
In black at least a year
And the last plot in the churchyard
For a Scrapfield we held so dear

Behold a sad procession, let everyone despair
He's only a possession of which the pall must bear
With this memento mori I carry of his hair
Let it be! McGruels deserve the grave

So give up the ghost
As far as death, I got a lethal dose
But even so, I'd like to make a toast
In honor of my vengeance (See how tight he ties the knot!)
With all the family in attendance
And no McGruel will foil the consummation of my grave!

All Scrapefields are false
I walked with death in hand, you clung to pulse  
The earth is calling me to decompose
You cannot block our wedlock
My vows are sealed with a kiss!
With kin beside me till the Lord knocks
For nothing could be sweeter than the last plot in Revenge!

Don't give me that look, Mr. McGruel
Lord knows it's a little too late
Like yesterday's flowers, the love that was ours
Has finally withered away

I never gave up, Harrietta
My game was to patiently wait
In th' McGruel cabal we pick flowers in fall
And suffer our sins in the shade (We suffer our sins in the shade, etc.)

Don't give me that talk, Mr. McGruel
This isn't a picnic in June
Devout to your kin, you were quick to give in
And you left me a garden in ruin (You left me a garden in ruin, etc.)

I gave you my word, Harrietta
I said I'd make good from the start
But love's like a rose, for it leads by the nose
And it pricks you for smelling too hard (It pricks you for smelling too hard, etc.)

Don't give me that croque, Mr. McGruel
That compost you call a bouquet
So quick to presume that our rose is in bloom
When it reeks of immortal decay (It reeks of immortal decay, etc.)

Oh, Time changes everything
What happened to the day when we could still smell the blood?
Oh, and the grave’s like a wedding ring
Let it burry all our hopes, let the sun rise no more, rise no more

Oooh, you deserve the grave
I deserve the grave 
For nothing could be sweeter than the last plot in Revenge!

.....................................................................................

Music by Peter Gaffney, lyrics by Brian Grace-Duff and Peter Gaffney

Leslsey Berkowitz, Johnny Smith: Lead Vocals (in the roles of Hattie Scrapfield and Lowell McGruel)
Frankie Galluci, Dane Eissler: Lead Vocals (in the roles of Scrapfield and McGruel corpses)
Peter Gaffney: Accordion, Guitar, Percussion
Sarah Larsen: Violin
Rachel Icenogle: Cello

Copyright 2013. All rights reserved.


10. The Dirge of Revenge (or, I Deserve the Grave)

The Last Plot in Revenge