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Thread #170041 Message #4112686
Posted By: GeoffLawes
08-Jul-21 - 05:33 AM
Thread Name: Any July Songs
Subject: RE: Any July Songs
HENRY THE POACHER aka Van Diemen's Land (Roud 221)
'Twas on the Fourth of July, the day we made the land,
At four o'clock we went on shore all chain-ed hand in hand.
And to see our fellow sufferers, as I feel I can't tell how,
Some chained unto a harrow and some unto a plough.
Mainly Norfolk:Lyrics & Info https://mainlynorfolk.info/peter.bellamy/songs/henrythepoacher.html
Gavin Atkin - Henry the Poacher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaji_9YNsak