My Clementine Oh My Darling

Indulgences Indulgence my clementine                                                                             murder sublime your father sold you for a dime                                                               for some wine and a pair of shoes                                                                                   lost in the wine of the purgatories blues                                                                           you cried for grace but drowned in the rivers vine                                                           your father’s embrace he sold you for a dime                                                             catechism number nine died once for all your silver                                                    recalls a story Judas’s blood money a filthy pilfer
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Andresen Avatar
February 15, 2014 at 12:36 PM
- A bad and miserable father ....."sold for a dime and some wine and a pair of shoes" - Have a nice weekend, John. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
Beam Avatar
February 15, 2014 at 2:09 PM
thanks Anne-Lise :) by the free grace of my Lord Jesus I will have good weekend and hope you will also. John
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