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Folk Magick

from Small Flames by Dylan Blackthorn

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A true story about a haunted paper-mache devil, the greasiest dollar bill in the world (which I kept in my hat for many years), and the little rituals working-class families practice to give us an edge in this hard-scrambled world. I have often viewed our collection of broken cuckoo clocks as a kind of metaphysical battery, but have yet to test this theory due to the Money Devil's interventions into my experiments. What is the difference between culture and madness, ritual and obsessive action? Intention often is that psychological fulcrum from which understanding yields meaning, especially in the practice of magick. You may call me superstitious, but I prefer SUPERstitious, thank you very much.

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Mr. Money Devil has a lucky penny
and a dollar folded into a bow
He's red and green and yellow
yella through and through
and he'll get a dollar, yes he'll get a dollar out of you
And he skulks around my porch, and on the street corner
with a leering grin - A grin that will scorch the conscience
of a soul drenched in sin - he's inviting more money in
The penny was attached to a knife
That forged by a father for his son
And this made it luckier than most lucky pennies out there For it bore the gift of a generation
The penny it was thought could amplify its luck
By hiding it inside a cuckoo clock
But Mr. Money Devil got a hold of it first
And now he's even harder, harder to stop
And he skulks around my porch, and on the street-corner
with a leering grin -
A grin that will scorch the conscience of a soul
Drenched in sin - he's inviting more money in
His bow tie was a dollar that was kept inside a hat
For many of the greasy years
the dollar was left lying as a gift
and on it was wish't
It was wished upon 18 times - with 18 different rhymes -
and all of them little wishes came to be true
Mr. Money Devil has a lucky penny
and a dollar folded into a bow
He's red and green and yellow
yella through and through
and he'll get a dollar, yes he'll get a dollar out of you

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from Small Flames, released April 1, 2021
Written and composed by Dylan Blackthorn
Produced by Dylan Blackthorn
Recorded, mixed, & mastered by Matt Smith at 6-String Ranch studio in Austin, Texas.
Dylan Blackthorn - lead vocal, accordion
Samantha Blackthorn - flute
Dr. $ick - fiddle, guitar
Tom Crail - tuba
Michael Rubin - encylopediae harmonicae, backing vocal
Eldridge Goins - drums

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Dylan Blackthorn Austin, Texas

Accordion-driven singer, songwriter, composer, and band leader at THAT Damned Band, Thee Harlequine, & Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour.
Part time Quantum Mechanic with 999 EYES FREAKSHOW & SURREAL SIDESHOW.
Austiner Klezmer Bund member since 2013.
TIME TRAVELER'S Local 999 since 2030. ... more

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