Hear the Curfew Blowin
Midnight Rebellion: Echoes of Defiance in "Hear the Curfew Blowin
Lyrics
The lonesomest sound, boys
The sound of loneliness is being emphasized.
I ever heard sound at the stroke of midnight
Loneliness intensifies as a sound is heard precisely at midnight.
Hear the curfew blow
The curfew is being announced or signaled.
The Sheriff's men, boys
The Sheriff's men are in pursuit during the midnight hours.
They're on my tail in the midnight wind
They are chasing the speaker in the midst of the night.
Hear the curfew blow
The curfew is being reiterated.
And when they catch me
The speaker anticipates capture.
My body will hang on the gallows pole
The consequence of capture is execution by hanging.
When the curfew blows
The impending execution is tied to the curfew.
Hear the curfew blowin'
Repetition of the curfew announcement.
The curfew blowin' in the coal-black midnight
The curfew is emphasized in the dark midnight.
Hear the curfew blow
The curfew sound is highlighted again.
Hear the curfew blowin'
Reiteration of hearing the curfew blow.
The curfew blowin' in the coal-black midnight
Emphasis on the curfew sound in the dark midnight.
Hear the curfew blow
Repetition of the curfew announcement.
And in the coal-black midnight
The curfew is reiterated in the dark midnight.
Hear the curfew blow
Emphasis on the curfew in the coal-black midnight.
Now, my only crime is not being your kind
The speaker's perceived crime is not conforming to societal expectations.
At the stroke of midnight, I'll hang below
The speaker anticipates hanging at midnight due to nonconformity.
At the stroke of midnight, I'll hang below
Reiteration of the impending hanging at midnight.
And now they caught me
The speaker is captured by the pursuers.
And my body will hang on the gallows pole
The consequence of capture is reiterated: hanging on the gallows pole.
When the curfew blows
Connection between the hanging and the curfew is restated.
Hear the curfew blowin'
Repetition of the curfew announcement.
The curfew blowin' in the coal-black midnight
Emphasis on the curfew sound in the coal-black midnight.
Hear the curfew blow
Reiteration of hearing the curfew blow.
Hear the curfew blowin'
Repetition of the curfew announcement.
The curfew blowin' in the coal-black midnight
Emphasis on the curfew sound in the coal-black midnight.
Hear the curfew blow
Reiteration of hearing the curfew blow.
Hear the curfew blowin'
Repetition of the curfew announcement.
The curfew blowin' in the coal-black midnight
Emphasis on the curfew sound in the coal-black midnight.
Hear the curfew blow
Reiteration of hearing the curfew blow.
Hear the curfew blowin'
Repetition of the curfew announcement.
The curfew blowin' in the coal-black midnight
Emphasis on the curfew sound in the coal-black midnight.
Hear the curfew blow
Reiteration of hearing the curfew blow.
In the coal-black midnight
Emphasis on the curfew in the coal-black midnight.
Hear the curfew blow
Reiteration of hearing the curfew blow.
In the coal-black midnight
Emphasis on the curfew in the coal-black midnight.
Hear the curfew blow
Repetition of hearing the curfew blow.
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