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Da Fateful Tale o Marion Pardone

from Lasses Trust In Providence by Claire White with Robbie Leask

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The story of a Shetland witch who was executed in 1644 for drowning four fishing boat passengers whilst disguised as a porpoise. Marion Pardone was a Hillswick woman with an allegedly evil tongue who cursed those whom she wished ill. Her human and animal targets became victims of sickness, harm and death, but it was capsizing a boat in safe waters on a calm day which led to her being strangled and ‘brunt in ashes’. In witchcraft trial papers the phrase ‘which you cannot deny’ appears at the end of eight indictments against Marion. This song is written from the perspective of community members who gave evidence in her trial by ordeal.

lyrics

Du felled neebor fock wi seekness
Wir baess dey lost der life 
A ston du lowsed aneeth a man
Dan saved him for his wife
Du took awa da profit
Fae bere an milk an kye
Udders filled wi blöd an water
Göd malt wis marred forby

Da curses rain, da charges fly
Dat you, rank witch, cannot deny
Da curses rain, da charges fly
Dat you, rank witch, cannot deny

Du cast madness on dy servant
Becis shö widna bide
She drew blöd fae your twa fingers
An eence again cam richt
Du killed able working horses
Kept corbie company
Consortit wi anidder witch
Shunned God fir aa ta see

Dy taste for wicked witchcraft
At last sealed dy demise
Fir a fishing boat du capsized
A neesick dy disguise
Du droondit four aboard her
Ee flat calm Hillsook day
Dy man an dee wis brocht ta see
Der wis a price ta pay

Dy haands wis placed on twa dry crangs
A craig-bane bled ageen
Fae anidder’s finger blöd gushed
Göd’s judgement it wis seen
Dy guilt wis worthy o dy death 
In 1644
Apo da Berry wast hill
Du wis strangled dat voar

Dy burnin freed wis o dy curse
Dy evil tongue an eye
Göd’s justice done, da Deil slain
Nae mair sal du deny
Göd’s justice done, da Deil slain
Nae mair sal du deny

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from Lasses Trust In Providence, track released December 10, 2018
Composition, vocals, fiddle: Claire White
Guitar: Robbie Leask

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Claire White Scotland, UK

Claire White is an award-winning Shetland singer-songwriter and fiddler. She learned music from Dr Tom Anderson and has been performing and teaching internationally for twenty-five years. She has previously played in Australia, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, the USA, Canada, Iceland, Norway, Sardinia, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Estonia, Poland, Ireland and the UK. ... more

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