Annie Segall

Annie exhibited incredible abilities At a very tender age Her mother's edict "It's a liability and you must do as I say" Annie was curious Annie was sensuous And she had an imagination But under Victoria they called that dementia and So they locked her... locked her away She rustles down the hallway buttons corset bustle binding They bound her to the bedposts and they shut her up with ether She rustles down the hallway buttons corset bustle binding She'll haunt this house forever her laughter's a reminder Annie was taken out to the outskirts of town Said "You are hysterical" Her doctor's orders "Tie her up and calm her down, Oh you know she isn't too well" My dear you're delirious My dear you're lascivious And now we will commence to treat you Laudanum sedating you Bromide placating you So they drugged her locked her away