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    C.W. Stoneking

    The Love Me or Die

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I studied evil, I can’t deny,
Was a hoodoo charm called a Love Me or Die,
Some fingernail, a piece of her dress,
Apocathery, Devil’s behes’
I will relate the piteous consequence, my mistake,
Falling slave to passing desire,
Making the dreaded Love me or Die.
 
Against a Jungle primeval green,
She had the looks of a beauty queen
No bangles or chain, wearing broken shoe
Seventy-five cent bottle perfume.
I said, “Good morning”, I tipped my hat,
All the while I was cunning like a rat,
Smiling gaily, looked her in the eye,
I felt in pocket the Love me or Die.
 
My past history, one to behold,
I studied magic from days of old,
Membership, secret societies,
Power and wealth in my family
But Matilda, darling,
Why you don’t take my wedding ring,
Like a demon under the floor,
I buried the hoodoo down the back door.
 
Lawd, word broke through the town,
That a fever strike Matilda down,
Nine thirty, the doctor arrive,
Priest come running, quarter to five.
Standing in the weeds early next day,
I saw the meat wagon rolling away,
I seen Matilda laying in the back,
Her old mother wearing a suit of black
 
Sound the trumpet, and bang the drum,
I wait for me judgement to come,
I know her spirit is down beneath,
I hear the weeping and gnashing of the teeth.
Flames of Hell licks at my feet,
In the shadow of the Jungle I feel the heat,
Matilda’s waiting in Hell for me too,
All cause she died from a bad hoodoo.
 

 

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