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Sway Heathen Sway is taken from the upcoming album 'The Tawny Devil of Damascus' by Dane Blacklock & the Preacher's Daughter, out 2023.

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Well they pulled Mary from a greasy
ditch last night
Her undergarments slick and sullied
with a glimmer in her eye
They said her nubile precious blood
was full of terrifying substances
And she was known to dance and
Fraternise

Oh you're all so young and pretty
Full of magnificence and whiskey
Suckling upon the udder of desire
But your lonely distant deaths
Coming for you like a freight train's breath
Delivers you dreams of punitive fire

And you know
know, know know
Yeah you know
know, know know
There's gonna be a reckoning someday-ay-ay-ay
Yet the jackal he does laugh jackal does laugh
And the bonobo gets laid bonobo gets laid
So dance, heathen dance
Sway, heathen, sway

Oh yeah and the (oooh) man's been watching all along
Muttering (oooh) ‘bout how you've all done wrong
His (oooh) omnipotent knuckles turning whi-ii-ii-iite
But pay no heed to tyrant whims
Let fly sweet juices from your chins
And dance with the devil in the pale moonlight


Have you ever
Danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
Get up and
Dance with the devil in the pale moonlight
Come on and
dance with the devil
With the devil
In that pale moonlight

Oh cos you know, know, know know
Yeah you know, know, know know
There's gonna be a reckoning someday-ay-ay-ay
Yet the jackal he does laugh jackal does laugh
And the bonobo gets laid bonobo gets laid
So dance, heathen dance
Sway, heathen, sway

Amelia: Well, I was once, like you, a good pious young lady, god fearin’, up standing, obedient to the menfolk. Godfearing, why I’d go to church every Sunday… And then I took to dancin’, and then I took to sluttin’, and by god I started cavortin’ with all sorts and well, I’ve been having the time of my life!


Oh yes go forth, commit thy wrongs
Rejoice upon your beds of plunder
Pirouette upon this mortal carousel
Hal-lel-u-jah!
And when the coffin nails doth chime
Leave a smiling ruined corpse behind
And ride that golden chariot to hell
Ride that shining golden chariot to hell
Ride that bloody shining golden chariot taaaaa

HEEEEEEEEEELLLLLL

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released September 9, 2022

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Dane Blacklock and the Preacher's Daughter Melbourne, Australia

Dane Blacklock and the Preachers Daughter are an abomination, and their mothers are very upset with them. Hewn from the rusty womb of a Melbourne gutter sometime around 2008, they have delighted and disgusted audiences with their depraved skalwaggery ever since. ... more

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