The Rake's Song Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kenbennedy 

Cover art for The Rake's Song lyrics by Decemberists, The

very fucked up song but its great. its almost funny cuz a condom would have prevented his dying wife and baby killing spree

there were no condoms in the 19th century

Your random condom fact of the day.....

Condoms existed well back in the 15th century. Originally they were made from things like lamb intestines or turtle shell. The rubber condom came around in 1855 after rubber vulcanization was discovered.