Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Flowers Of The Town, artist - The Unthanks.
Date of issue: 22.03.2010
Song language: English
Flowers Of The Town |
I’ve heard them lilting at loom and at belting |
Lasses lilting before dawn of day |
But now they are silent not gamesome nor gallant |
The flowers of the town they are all turned away |
There was laughter and loving in the lanes of an evening |
Handsome were the boys and the girls they were gay |
But lost in Flanders by medalled commanders |
The flowers of the town they are all turned away |
Cursed be the promise that took our men from us |
All will be champion if you choose to obey |
They fought against hunger, now no longer |
The pride of the man lies as cold as the clay |
All the women are weary, they’ve lilted so merry |
Waiting to marry for a year and a day |
From owning and earning, from wooing and winning |
The flowers of the town they are all turned away |
All turned away |