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Nonesuch/The Cheshire Rounds/The Old Lancashire Hornpipe/Boxing Day Lyrics by Band Of Hope

Rhythm & Reds

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[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 it's poaching if you're poor
And the law forgives your trespass like the hounds forgive the fox
You must number all your blessings with the ha'pence in your box
[Chorus]
And it feels like winter spit to eat and hell to pay
It feels like Reynardine on Boxing Day
It feels like winter spit to eat and hell to pay
It feels like Reynardine on Boxing Day
[Verse 2]
Now the forest is a shipwreck and the field is full of stone
And it's hard to find a blade of grass some bastard doesn't own
And they stopped the earth up for us and they drove us into town
Now they say there's no work for us and they've closed the factory down
[Chorus]
And it feels like winter spit to eat and hell to pay
It feels like Reynardine on Boxing Day
It feels like winter spit to eat and hell to pay
It feels like Reynardine on Boxing Day
[Verse 3]
They're still meeting in the country for the hunt and for the course
You can join the bloody gentry if you can afford a bleedin' horse
And we raid along the railway and we pray we don't get caught
God damn you merry gentlefolk for your money and your sport
[Chorus]
And it feels like winter spit to eat and hell to pay
It feels like Reynardine on Boxing Day
It feels like winter spit to eat and hell to pay
It feels like Reynardine on Boxing Day
[Verse 4]
When I sit down at my table clasp my hands and bow my head
Should I thank my heavenly landlord for my daily crust of bread
For the whip and hand that feeds us and keeps us in our place
One day we'll turn and wipe the the smile clean off your bloody face
[Chorus]
And it feels like winter spit to eat and hell to pay
It feels like Reynardine on Boxing Day
It feels like winter spit to eat and hell to pay
It feels like Reynardine on Boxing Day
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Band Of Hope

Band Of Hope

About “Nonesuch/The Cheshire Rounds/The Old Lancashire Hornpipe/Boxing Day” by Band Of Hope

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