Released on online EP Poison To The People!, August 2023, with songs about Dutch 1880s serial killer (by arsenic) Goeie Mie. Full EP on Bandcamp https://dannyramirez.bandcamp.com/
acoustic
morbid folk
Story behind the song
'Early May 2023 the idea rose to release an online EP about Maria Swanenburg. Indecisive about which parts of her story I should cover, on May 10 I first wrote the lyrics for the final song and about 10 days later came up with the music. During her court appearance in April 1885 Maria didn’t speak much and only felt sorry for herself, asking the judge for a merciful punishment. Luckily for Goeie Mie the death penalty had been abolished in the Netherlands 15 years before, but she would spend the remaining 30 years of her life in prison.'
Lyrics
Sixteen months after being caught
Mary [Dutch 1880s serial killer Goeie Mie] finally appeared in court
She didn’t speak much, showed no remorse
“Please, a merciful punishment
Is about all she said
But with 22 dead
The judge didn’t grant her request
Chorus:
In April of 1885
Mary was put away
For the rest of her life
Yeah, in April of 1885
She was put away
Until her final day
Her next 30 years Mary
Spent under lock and key
She died in prison in April of 1915
A merciful punishment
Is what Mary hoped to get
But with 22 dead
What did she expect?
Chorus