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The Ballad of Daniel Dawson - Single

by Flaming June

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This track tells the true story of Daniel Dawson who poisoned horses to fix the races at Newmarket. He was put on trial under the Black Act and found guilty and sentenced to hang at the prison on Castle Hill in Cambridge

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The Ballad of Daniel Dawson

A minnow in a big pond
But the net closed in on you
Who gave the orders I don't care

'Cause you've been fixing races
Meddling
Poisoning horses
And for your crime my boy you'll pay the price

Chorus

I sentence you to hang Daniel
A scapegoated man Daniel
I sentence you to hang on Castle Hill
I sentence you to hang Daniel
A scapegoated man Daniel
Just swallow down that bitter pill
And he said, "Mercy, Mercy on me,
I smell hypocrisy, at the Jockey Club they're 10 a penny
I'm just one cheat among many"

In committing your black act
You didn't cover your tracks
And what you're Landlady found put you in the ground

'Cause you've been fixing races
Meddling
Poisoning horses
And for your crime my boy you'll pay the price

Chorus

I sentence you to hang Daniel
A scapegoated man Daniel
I sentence you to hang on Castle Hill
I sentence you to hang Daniel
A scapegoated man Daniel
Just swallow down that bitter pill
And he said, "Mercy, Mercy on me,
I smell hypocrisy, at the Jockey Club they're 10 a penny
I'm just one cheat among many"

August 8th 1812
Market day the crowd swelled
Daniel Dawson faced the gallows
A little minnow plucked from the shallows

But Daniel Dawson,
Is a lesson that we can learn from

Repeat chorus

credits

released June 18, 2021
Written recorded and produced by Louise Eatock
Additional arrangements by Alex Herring

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Flaming June Cambridge, UK

Flaming June is the performance name of singer/songwriter Louise Eatock.

Louise has been performing since 1995 and her 2011 EP "Nerves of Steel" won FATEA Magazine's EP of the year.

Rumpelstiltskin has been payed on BBC 6 Music.

After all these years, the debut album - Hope in a Jar - will be released in 2021
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