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Burn the Sinner

from Burn the Sinner by The Gallows Dance

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Burn the Sinner captures the gloomy yet energetic vibes from the Gallows Dance live gigs. Banjo, mandolin and washboard set the rhythm for the singalong around witch’s pyre. The violin virtuoso Olli Sinisalo from Jani ja Yleistilan Lasku features in this grim campfire song. Exceptionally tasty dark roast guaranteed!
Burn the Sinner tells a Finnish urban legend of a war widow, who ended up living in a cave by the railway with her illegitimate child, due to the disapprove of her community. It’s also a reminder of the harmfulness of lynch mentality. Chorus gives a good rhythm for throwing the first stones.

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Burn the Sinner

MUSIC: Kaarlo Autio
LYRICS: Riina Laihomäki

I can tell you my whole story
but my name I can’t recall
They engraved it on the stone
when they buried me last fall
I lived my life here by the rails
didn’t ever see the shore
And they wouldn’t call me a widow
if it wasn’t for the war

(Now join us)
Let’s burn, burn the sinner down
Let’s burn, burn the sinner down

Raise your pitchforks, raise your fists
Grab your guns, your stones and sticks
Light your torches, burn that witch
Burn that sinner down
Hunting sinner, hunt her trails ‘til there’s
nothing left but a ghost on the rails
Nothing but a ghost on the rails

I may have lived my poor little life
against your divine law
I ain’t looking for salvation nor grace
or your prayers, those I abhor
I got my gaslight, my newborn son
and my dead mans forty-four
And you’ll repent all the deeds you have done
when I shall be no more

(Now join us)
Let’s burn, burn the sinner down
Let’s burn, burn the sinner down

Raise your pitchforks, raise your fists
Grab your guns, your stones and sticks
Light your torches, burn that witch
Burn that sinner down
Hunting sinner, hunt her trails ‘til there’s
nothing left but a ghost on the rails
Nothing but a ghost on the rails

Raise your pitchforks, raise your fists
Grab your guns, your stones and sticks
Light your torches, burn that witch
Burn that sinner down
Hunting sinner, hunt her trails ‘til there’s
nothing left but a ghost on the rails
Nothing but a ghost on the rails

Let’s burn
Let’s burn

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from Burn the Sinner, released July 30, 2021
Music by Kaarlo Autio
Lyrics by Riina Laihomäki
All Arrangements by The Gallows Dance & Olli Sinisalo
Produced by Richard Danger
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Richard Hiles , SLS Studio, Kouvola, Finland 2021
Cover Art & Design by Riina Laihomäki
Music video by Joona Paavola

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Murder ballads, occult folk, melancholic duets, dark roots and black humour. The Gallows Dance brings old folk songs back to life, and keeps alive the tradition of story-telling with tales about death and sorrow, with an oddly cheerful twist. The gloomy atmosphere is combined with rattling chains, twangy banjo, screaming guitar, and harmonica. ... more

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