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Thread #110100   Message #2308146
Posted By: GUEST,Georgina Boyes
06-Apr-08 - 07:32 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Derbyshire Rant / Nottingham Captain
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Derbyshire Rant
Jimmy's memory is quite right -

Every man his skill must try
He must turn out and not deny
No bloody soldiers must he dread
He must turn out and fight for bread
The time has come you plainly see
The government opposed must be

Is also known as 'Jeremiah Brandreth's Complaint' and Barry Coope sings it as a prelude to Jim Boyes' song 'The Levelution' which the trio sing on 'Where You Belong' (No Masters NMCD15), the Song Cycle they were commissioned to write for the town of Belper in Derbyshire. Although the album is deleted now, they still perform 'The Levelution' live.

Georgina