HORKSTOW GRANGE

In Horkstow Grange there lived an old miser
You all do know him as I have heard say
It's him on his man that was named John Bowlin
And they fell out one market day

With a blackthorn stick old Steeleye struck him
As of times he had threatened before
John Bowlin turned round all in a passion
And knocked old Steeleye into the floor

Old Steeleye Span he was filled with John Bowlin
It happened to be on a market day
Old Steeleye swore with all his vengeance
He would swear his life away

Pity them who see him suffer
Pity poor old Steeleye Span
John Bowlin's deeds they will be remembered
Pity poor old Steeleye Span
Pity poor old Steeleye Span

The title track of Steeleye Span's album "Horkstow Grange" is the song which
gave
Steeleye Span its name. "We are still asked where the name of the band came
from,
so here it is…. Steeleye Span, a waggoner who ruined his life because of an
incident
with John Bowlin. Little did he know that his name would live on." –Peter
Words: Traditional English; Music: Peter Knight

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Feb07
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