[ WP ] `` Rip and tear , until it is done . ''

**The Ripper** 
 
 Rip and tear, until it's done 
 
 Slash them to the bone. 
 
 Leave the tattered, filthy mess 
 
 on bloodied cobblestone. 
 
 
 Jack be nimble, Jack be quick 
 
 to flee the rising son. 
 
 They think they may be safe tonight 
 
 It's only just begun. 
 
 
 Rip and tear, the dresses tight 
 
 And steal their screams before 
 
 Anyone can make a sound 
 
 Or darken any door. 
 
 
 Jack be nimble, Jack be quick 
 
 Never leave a trace, 
 
 Cleaning up the English streets 
 
 Of seduction and disgrace. 
 
 
 Rip and tear, alabaster throats 
 
 Jagged tooth of blade 
 
 No tombstones for this sorted lot 
 
 No priest, no dirt, no spade. 
 
 
 Jack be nimble, Jack be quick 
 
 The hounds are out tonight 
 
 Scotland Yard will have its fill 
 
 Of my righteous blight. 
 
 
 Rip and tear, the shadow dark 
 
 Slip away for now 
 
 A deadly harvest they will reap 
 
 In the fields I plough. 
 
 
 Jack be nimble, Jack be quick 
 
 I'll always wear the crown 
 
 The Bloody Terror of Whitechapel 
 
 In foggy London town. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

