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eliza and martin carthy - bonny moorhen lyrics

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you brave lads of weardale, i pray lend an ear
the account of a battle you quickly shall hear
fought by the miners so well you may ken
claimin’ a right 2 their bonny moorhen

now this bonny moorhen, as she plainly appeared
belonged 2 the miners some hundreds of years
the miners of weardale they’re all gallant men
they’ll fight till they die for their bonny moorhen

now the miners in weardale, they’re bred 2 the game
level their piece & make sure of their aim;
when the bonny moorhen she mounts up in the air
they will bring her down neatly, i vow & declare

now, times bein’ hard, provisions bein’ dear
the miners were starvin’ almost we do hear
they’d nought 2 depend on, so well you may ken
but 2 make what they could of their bonny moorhen

but the fat man of auckland & durham the same
laid claim 2 the moors & likewise 2 the game
sent word 2 the miners they’d have them 2 ken
they would stop them from shootin’ the bonny moorhen

now these word was carried 2 weardale with speed,
it made those poor miners 2 hang down their heads
sent them an answer they’d have them 2 ken
they would fight till they died for their bonny moorhen

when this word it reached 2 the gentlemen’s ears
an army was risen, it quickly appears
land stewards, b-m bailiffs, & gamekeepers 2
were all ordered 2 weardale 2 fight their way through

now a captain was wanted at the head of the clan
h wye, of great oakland, was choosed for their man
his legs were 2 short & not fit for the stocks
& his head not so hard for 2 suffer the knocks

this captain he had an attack dog of his own
taught by her master ’twas very well known
either beggars or tinkers, she’ll pull off their bags
& if that would not do she would rive them 2 rags

now this army set out straight away as we hear
h wye in the front, attack dog in the rear
they marched on 2 wolsingham, then they made a halt
concernin’ the battle began 2 consult

for they heard that the miners’ grand army was strong
& the captain that led them was full six foot long
that put h wye in a bodily fear
& back great oakland he wished for 2 steer

up spoke the gamekeepers: cheer up, never fear
through stanhope, through weardale the way we will clear
in durham or oakland we’ll never have said
that by a few miners our army was beat

now this battle was fought, fought in stanhope town
where the chimneys did reek & the soot it fell down
such a battle was never fought in stanhope before
& i hope such a battle will never be fought more

for they unhorsed the riders straightway on the plain
h wye & his attack dog in the battle was slain
them that ran fastest got pushed out of town
& away they went home with their tails hangin’ down

now the bonny moorhen, she’s got feathers anew
many fine colors, & none of them blue
the miners of weardale, they’re all gallant men
they’ll fight till they die for their bonny moorhen

- eliza and martin carthy lyrics

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