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Lizzie Borden the Musical - Shattercane & Velvet Grass Lyrics
BRIDGET:
Fire burn, and toil
Kettle bubble, water boil.
Assam, Salem,
Bitter trouble, very strong
LIZZIE: (spoken)
Prussic acid is one
of the most rapidly acting toxins
which affects mammals.
BRIDGET:
Black leaves, and steep
Settle cozy, dark as sleep
Oh soothe this day
Milk and sugar, cup o’ tea
LIZZIE: (spoken)
Several common plants
can accumulate large quantities.
LIZZIE, counterpoint to BRIDGET: (spoken)
Shattercane and velvet grass,
Sorghum and white clover,
Millipedes and bergamot,
Flax when winter’s over.
Cherry stones and apricots,
Pale and milky silent
Poison for it’s Prussian blue..
BRIDGET, counterpoint to LIZZIE:
Fire burn, and toil
Kettle bubble, water boil.
Assam, Salem,
Bitter trouble, very strong.
Black leaves, and steep
Settle cozy, dark as sleep
Oh soothe this day
Milk and sugar, cup o’ tea
LIZZIE:
Ferric Ferrocyanide
Three hundred parts per million
Prussic acid, bluish-clear
Protoplasmic poison
Boils at twenty-six degrees
And faintly tastes of almonds
Death is by paralysis
Of heart and respiration
Passes through unbroken skin
Careful for it’s found within
Shattercane and velvet grass
Sorghum and white clover
Millipedes and burnet moths
Flax when winter’s over
Cherry stones and apricots
Pale and milky silent
Poison forage
Prussian blue
Beautiful and Violent
Following directions in the Book
of Household Poisons.
Just a drop dropped in the milk
And hope that she’ll enjoy some.
Mind you don’t forget
to close your eyes and hold your breath.
But
Wouldn’t it be easy, now?
A perfect little death.
Just drop a grain into her tea,
Mrs Borden, R.I.P.
LIZZIE, counterpoint to BRIDGET:
Shattercane and velvet grass,
Sorghum and white clover,
Millipedes and bergamot,
Flax when winter’s over.
Cherry stones and apricots,
Pale and milky silent
Poison for it’s Prussian blue,
Beautiful and violent.
BRIDGET, counterpoint to LIZZIE:
Fire burn, and toil
Kettle bubble, water boil.
Assam, Salem,
Bitter trouble, very strong.
Black leaves, and steep
Settle cozy, dark as sleep
Oh soothe this day
Milk and sugar, cup o’ tea
[Thanks to Penny for lyrics]
[Thanks to Sophia for correction]
Other Songs: Lizzie Borden Musical Songs Lyrics
Shattercane & Velvet Grass Lyrics Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden the Musical Lyrics
Forty Whacks (Prologue)
The House of Borden
This is Not Love
I Gotta Get Out of Here
If You Knew
The Soul of the White Bird
Maybe Someday
Sweet Little Sister
Shattercane and Velvetgrass
Will You Stay
Why Are All These Heads Off
Mercury Rising
Somebody Will Do Something
Forty Whacks (reprise)
The Fall of the House of Borden
What the F*ck Now, Lizzie?!
Burn the Old Thing Up
Questions Questions
Will You Lie
Watchmen for the Morning
Maybe Someday (reprise)/ Thirteen Days in Taunton
Into Your Wildest Dreams
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