Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Ned Ludd Part 5 (Peterloo The Day), artist - Steeleye Span. Album song Bloody Men, in the genre Фолк-рокDate of issue: 19.11.2006
Record label: Park
Song language: English
Ned Ludd Part 5 (Peterloo The Day) |
| We have new paper money, and railway tracks |
| We paid for the war with our new income tax |
| But too many soldiers are home from the war |
| Looking for work with us miserable poor |
| Me and all the family put on our Sunday best |
| We walked down to Saint Peter’s Field to hear Hunt and the rest |
| Thousands were gathered, in perfect peace and calm |
| There for to listen, intending no harm |
| But before Mister Hunt or the others could talk |
| Many armed constables among us did walk |
| We quietly linked arms, the speakers to protect |
| But the magistrates grew fearful, and trouble did suspect |
| Concerned for the city, they called the yeomanry |
| And Hussars who’d fought at Waterloo, they say, for you and me |
| They crushed us with their horses, all swaggering and proud! |
| And tried to reach the constables, lost among the crowd |
| The brutal yeoman cavalry attacked the people first |
| Farmers and their loaners, by far they were the worst |
| Drawing out their sabers, they slashed through the crowd |
| Men woman and children, all screaming out loud |
| Farmers and their loaners, oh yes they wore the worst |
| Why was this country England with violence so cursed? |