The Hours of Mary of Burgundy

by Dustin Ketterman

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Song based on Wikipedia's Daily Featured Article, which yesterday was The Hours of Mary of Burgundy. An interesting little art history read, if you're into that kind of thing.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hours_of_Mary_of_Burgundy

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She reclined beneath the colonnade
Unassuming
Gentle hands to hold the light that laid
Only blooming

Who is it in the window?
She studies the note
All written by rote.
Who is it in the window?
She changes the scene
To stand by the Queen
But what does it mean for the view?
Is it true?

What did she do?

He reclined, stretched as if a hide
For the drying.
From the skull, she gazed, penitent-eyed,
at the dying.

Who is it in the window?
The orat'ry's bare;
Is somebody there?
Who is it in the window?
She knows what it means.
She acts as a queen
Commanding the scene with her view.
Is it true?

What did she do?

Nail it down, the story's bound for molding.
Son of man that bloody hands are holding.

There they hung, like breath without a lung,
Executed.
Angry eyes turn upon the one
Who intruded.

What did you do?

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released March 25, 2020
Written, recorded, and produced by Dustin Ketterman

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Dustin Ketterman Louisville, Kentucky

Folkish singer-songwriter in Louisville, KY

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