Marcher battle song
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Original tune [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOumjsxelws Hughie Graeme] as sung by June Tabor. Lyrics by Daisy Abbott and Chris Edwards. | Original tune [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOumjsxelws Hughie Graeme] as sung by June Tabor. Lyrics by Daisy Abbott and Chris Edwards. Recording at [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/music/daisy/marcher-battle-song.mp3 Marcher Battle Song] or try [[media:Marcher_Battle_Song.mid]] | ||
Sheet music available [http://www.northshield.co.uk/KitsTunes/Marcher%20Battle%20Song.pdf here] | |||
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Beat your ploughshares into swords | Beat your ploughshares into swords | ||
Em | Em ____________ Bm___Em | ||
The time has come to take up arms | The time has come to take up arms | ||
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Our foes will fall before the scythe | Our foes will fall before the scythe | ||
Em______________ Bm___Em | |||
From earth we come, to earth we go | From earth we come, to earth we go | ||
Latest revision as of 15:54, 24 June 2016
Original tune Hughie Graeme as sung by June Tabor. Lyrics by Daisy Abbott and Chris Edwards. Recording at Marcher Battle Song or try media:Marcher_Battle_Song.mid
Sheet music available here
Em Marcher lasses, Marcher lads, Em ______________________ A Leave your homes and leave your farms Em Beat your ploughshares into swords Em ____________ Bm___Em The time has come to take up arms
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Chorus: A Come along and join with me A __________________ Em Hear the horns the Beaters blow Em Our foes will fall before the scythe Em______________ Bm___Em From earth we come, to earth we go
Join me marching ever on With your billhook in your hand Feel the ground begin to shake When Marchers fight for Marcher land
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Chorus
We are stout and we are strong Marcher folk will never yield We shall never be afraid With Virtue as our shining shield
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Chorus
Those that stand before us now They shall reap just as they sow Their bodies will enrich our soil Their blood will make the barley grow
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Chorus