The Devil Mercury

Down to Axe Alley all wastrels are drawn Set me free from the devil mercury For a kiss from a rose and a prick from a thorn Set me free from the devil mercury You dread stepping out on a journey to France But look in her eyes and you'll soon take a chance Singing set me free, set me free From the devil mercury, the devil mercury Now there's spots on your soles and there's spots on your palms Set me free from the devil mercury And it creeps up your legs and it creeps up your arms Set me free from the devil mercury It wilts all the leaves and it blackens the fruit 'Til your beg 'em to tear it right out at the root Singing set me free, set me free From the devil mercury, the devil mercury Then in come the doctors their work to begin Set me free from the devil mercury It's a dose of quicksilver boys straight to the skin Set me free from the devil mercury With ropes round your wrist and a bag on your head They'll boil you and baste you, you'll wish you were dead Singing set me free, set me free From the devil mercury, the devil mercury Bloody eyes, bloody ears, no teeth and no nose All for the scent of a sweet smelling rose A kiss from a rose, a foot in the grave One night with Venus now you're Mercury's slave Singing set me free, set me free From the devil mercury, the devil mercury The devil mercury, the devil mercury Set me free from the devil mercury Singing set me free from the devil mercury Singing set me free from the devil mercury Singing set me free from the devil mercury Singing set me free, set me free From the devil mercury, the devil mercury The devil mercury, the devil mercury