Witch on the Corner

by The Margaret Hooligans

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“Witch on the Corner” is a slide blues powerhouse, a song loosely based on a biographical tale of gentrification wrapped up in family myth. It tells the story of a disgruntled woman who views newcomers as foes until she meets the one that has her number. Featuring hypnotic slide blues riffs, harmonica fills, Robert Plant like vocals, and Strontium’s signature powerful drumming, “Witch on the Corner” is a single to prove that The Margaret Hooligans can crossover into other genres with ease while retaining their distinctive sound.

“Witch On the Corner” is the fourth single being released from upcoming album, Saturday Night in Bartertown, due out in July 2023.

“Witch On the Corner” will be available on all streaming platforms, the band’s website and Bandcamp on Friday, April 21st, 2023. The band is planning to release 5 new singles from the album every 5 weeks from January through June, with the full album release in July 2023.

“Witch On the Corner” was recorded in the basement of Piety Street Publishing, mixed and mastered by Jon Huxtable of Smallfish Recordings, and was produced by Mr. Strontium.

lyrics

Pretty Patty-cake

Witch on the corner
Not very nice
Face like a human sacrifice

Gotta go
You gotta go
Beyond the river's flow

12 years gone rest of her life
Cut you down just for spite
Nothing's left of her home
All that's she's known is gone

There's big money to be had
C'mon flipper
Flipping houses in hill land
Selling them out one by one
Til the witch knows no one

She sits on the corner
She knows what she saw
Telling the truth
Would've got her shot
They have her number
Has to change her name
She leaves her corner
To escape being blamed

Now she falls at your feet
And hopes for justice sweet
She can't be named

Witch on the corner

Witch on the corner
Make a new life
Witch on the corner
Make a new life
Witch on the corner
Make a new life
Escaping hell a sacrifice

She sits on the corner
She knows what she saw
Telling the truth
Would've got her shot
They have her number
Has to change her name
She leaves her corner
To escape being blamed

Gotta go
You gotta go
Patty can't dance no more
Beyond the river's flow

Witch on the corner
Make a new life
Witch on the corner
Make a new life
Witch on the corner
Make a new life
Make a new life yeah
A new life

She's a runaway
She's a runaway

She's a witch on the corner
Witch on the corner
Patty-cake ain't nothing but a snitch
On the corner

Stop snitching Patty-cake

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released April 21, 2023
Meg Cratty: Lead Vox/Electric Ukulele
Mr. Strontium: Drums/Percussion, Back Up Vox
Produced by Mr. Strontium
Songs by The Margaret Hooligans, lyrics by Meg Cratty.
Mixed and Master by Jon Huxtable of Smallfish Recordings, Edinburgh UK

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The Margaret Hooligans Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We are The Margaret Hooligans: One woman (electric ukulele, lead vocals), one man (drums, teapot, back up vocals), forming one band that incorporates garage rock, funk, and soul to create a swirl of sloppy transcendence.

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