In The Dark Times - McCarthy

In barbarous times you were hung

If you stole sheep to have something to eat

And while you hung the well-to-do

Said, «A job well done»

Women were burnt at the stake

Maybe they’d done nothing

Or slapped someone

They shouldn’t have

These were the crimes

In the dark times

These were the crimes

In the barbarous times

Pointless was well thought out (?)

Some lethal game (?)

These were the crimes

In the dark times

These were the crimes

In the dark times

Mother went out to the shops

And left her baby indoors where she played with matches

The house burnt down

The mother went to jail

Pointless was well thought out (?)

Some lethal game (?)

These were the crimes

In the dark times

These were the crimes

In the barbarous times