Artist: Band Of Hope
Lyrics of Artist: Band Of Hope
  1. [Lyric] Nottingham Captain (Band Of Hope)

    [Verse 1] You working men of Derbyshire Who spend your life in grief and fear Come take your pike staff in your hand And join our march to Nottingham [Chorus] Everyone their skill must try You must turn out and not deny No bloody soldier must you dread You must turn out and fight for bread For the time has come you plainly see The government...Learn More
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  2. [Lyric] The Ballad of Vic Williams (Band Of Hope)

    [VERSE 1] Me name it is Vic Williams I was a soldier to the Queen I joined up to defend me country in me teens Not to do whatever they tell you to wherever they draw the line For the ruling class in Ulster or the capital on the Rhine [Chorus] Not for me 1 2 3 4 not for me anymore [Verse 2] They tell you it's a good career they tell you it's a...Learn More
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  3. [Lyric] See It Come Down (Band Of Hope)

    [Verse 1] In the house where I was born first home I knew There's corrugated iron blinding up the windows In the garden Dad made round the lawn Where green grass grew There's muck and rubble and mud half bricks and timbers For the developers have come to town And soon I'll see it, see it come down See it come down [Verse 2] My old Mum they moved...Learn More
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  4. [Lyric] Blood Brother (Band Of Hope)

    [Verse 1] Ben was born in Lincoln County And he grew up on the Fens Teased and bullied by his brothers In a family of ten Sociable and easy going Helping out around the home While his inner life tickled on Like an unexploded bomb Waiting for his moment [Verse 2] Going shopping with his Mother Like a whippet on a leash Always straining at the...Learn More
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  5. [Lyric] Send Me Back to Georgia (Band Of Hope)

    [Verse 1] I was raised on grits and Jesus My country wrong or right Just a poor North Georgia farm boy Scared to death and quick to fight Mother said he's born to trouble Father said low down and mean So I joined up in the army Soon as I turned seventeen [Chorus] Won't you send me back to Georgia Before I fight another day Let the water from the...Learn More
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  6. [Lyric] If They Come in the Morning (Band Of Hope)

    [Verse 1] They call it the law, apartheid, internment, conscription, partition and silence It's the law that they made to keep you and me where they think we belong They live behind steel and bullet proof glass, machine guns and spies And tell us who suffer the tear gas and torture that we're in the wrong [Chorus] No time for love if they come in...Learn More
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  7. [Lyric] Nonesuch/The Cheshire Rounds/The Old Lancashire Hornpipe/Boxing Day (Band Of Hope)

    [Verse 1] When I sit down at my table clasp my hands and bow my head Should I thank my heavenly landlord for my crust of daily bread When the hunters in his stable and the hounds in his pack Get the pickings of the harvest on which I break my back There's a fence around the common land put there by the law It's called hunting if you're gentry, but...Learn More
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  8. [Lyric] Who Reaps the Profit? Who Pays the Price? (Band Of Hope)

    [Verse 1] You sit there handing down orders You examine the terms of the deal A car is always waiting Other hands turn the wheel The doors slide open before you The doors slide shut behind Other hands carry your luggage Weightier matter engage your mind You take the gold out of the earth You throw the corpses in One crop is as good as another As...Learn More
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