- Stephen - Voice, octave mandolin, singing saw,
throat bass
-Craig Evans - Accordian
-Lee Welch - Djimbe

The midwife and the gravedigger
were lovers
They met one dangling Autumn day
The church was between two services
Their eyes first met in the crowded fray
He was the godfather at the baptism
the dirt still beneath his nails
She was attending the funeral
Her face still blushed from a babe so frail.
Chorus:
The midwife and the gravedigger
They had a secret that they would never tell.
The church rang to their union
The clang of the tower bell
The clang of the tower bell
The town had gazed at their courtship
and paused with an envious sigh
No butcher, baker or candlestick maker
could shoot the moon from their sky
Repeat Chorus:
The town had become
an amusement park
without rides, now
Vacant at the sight of these two
The midwife and the gravedigger
They had a secret, 'tween them
and the town, a line drew.
Repeat Chorus:
From the first newborn cry's
to the penny's on the eyes
they knew more than they
would say

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