Name: Delia
Duration: P00H02M28S
Description: Back in the Rhubarb Whiskey days this was one of the few covers we did. So we took the classic Johnny Cash version of this traditional and re-arranged it - turning it more minor, making it darker, and making it far more queer.

Delia

from Mark's Yard by Secret Emchy Society

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Back in the Rhubarb Whiskey days this was one of the few covers we did. So we took the classic Johnny Cash version of this traditional and re-arranged it - turning it more minor, making it darker, and making it far more queer.

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Delia
Delia, oh, Delia Delia all my life
If I hadn't have shot poor Delia
I'd have had her for my wife
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

I went up to Memphis
And I met Delia there
Found her in her parlor
And I tied to her chair
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

She was low down and trifling
And she was cold and mean
Kind of evil make me want to Grab my submachine
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

First time I shot her I shot her in the side
Hard to watch her suffer
But with the second shot she died
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

But jailer, oh, jailer Jailer,
I can't sleep 'Cause all around my bedside
I hear the patter of Delia's feet
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

So if you woman's devilish
You can let her run
Or you can bring her down and do her
Like Delia got done
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

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from Mark's Yard, released November 14, 2018

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Secret Emchy Society Oakland, California

"One could describe Emch as if Nick Cave had grown up in Bakersfield with a dynamic swagger that could part the Red Sea." - NoDepression

The Secret Emchy Society plays foot stompin' heart breakin' California country tunes for gay cowboys, queer witches, and all kinds of cowfolks.
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