Nineteen Thirty-Six Lyrics

Lyric discussion by chabocinnamon 

Cover art for Nineteen Thirty-Six lyrics by Phox

Edith Ringling was the wife of one of the Ringling Brothers; she was something of a matriarch and helped run the circus business. The band Phox is from Baraboo, Wisconsin, where the Ringling Brothers started out, so I guess "her blood is our [their] blood, too".

I don't know if Edith was into drugs or if her son Robert was actually raised by his uncle Al Ringling. But the "wicked fight" could be a reference to how the Ringlings fought over control of the circus (Edith was part of this, too).

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