Marcher battle song
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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_______________ | Em_______________ Bm_____Em | ||
From earth we come, to earth we go | From earth we come, to earth we go | ||
Revision as of 12:28, 9 October 2012
Original tune Hughie Graeme as sung by June Tabor. Lyrics by Daisy Abbott and Chris Edwards.
The verse and repeat should be sung to the first variation (v1 in the recording linked above), the chorus is to the second variation (v3 in the recording linked above).
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
Repeat
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
Repeat
Chorus
We are stout and we are strong Marcher folk will never yield We shall never be afraid With Virtue as our shining shield
Repeat
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
Repeat
Chorus