I studied evil

I can't deny

Was a hoodoo charm called a love me or die

Some fingernail

A piece of her dress

Apocathery

Devil's behes'

I will relate

The piteous consequence my mistake

Fallin slave to passin desire

Makin' the dreaded love me or die

Against a jungle primeval green

She had the looks of a beauty queen

No bangles or chain

Wearin' broken shoe

Seventy five cent bottle perfume

I said

Good mornin

I tipped my hat

All the while I was cunning like a rat

Smilin gaily

Looked her in the eye

I felt in pocket

The love me or die

My past history

One to behold

I studied magic from days of old

Membership

Secret societies

Power and wealth in my family

But matilda

Darling

Why you don't take my wedding ring

Like a demon under the floor

I buried the hoodoo down the back door

Lawd

Word broke through the town

That a fever strike matilda down

Nine thirty

The doctor arrive

Priest come runnin

Quarter to five

Standin in the weeds early next day

I saw the meat wagon rollin away

I seen matilda layin in the back

Her old mother wearin a suit of black

Sound the trumpet

And bang the drum

I wait for me judgement to come

I know her spirit is down beneath

I hear the weepin and gnashing of the teeth

Flames of hell licks at my feet

In the shadow of the jungle I feel the heat

Matilda's waiting in hell for me too

All cause she died from a bad hoodoo