Moon Over Soho - The Tiger Lillies

As the moon shines over Soho

The thieves all settle down

And a corpse is floating downstream

Well I wonder, how it drowned

And the moon shines on a body

And that body oozes blood;

Is it Macky, with his switchblade

Or is it an act of God?

Well, the moon shines over Shoreditch

And the bells of bow did shine

And an old dog sucks the marrow from a bone

The human kind

Well, the moon shines on a corpse

And a body is unearthed;

Was it Macky, with his switchblade

Or was plague or cholera the curse?

Well, the moon shines in the gutter

And a rich man’s stomach floats

And the rich man’s purse is empty

Was it Macky that made him croak?

As the moon shines over Soho

And the thieves all settle down

And a corpse is floating downstream

Well I wonder, how it drowned

Well it’s… Macky

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