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Thread #128557   Message #2883256
Posted By: Rob Naylor
09-Apr-10 - 07:21 PM
Thread Name: What are they singing in English Pubs?
Subject: Lyr Add: MAN OF KENT (Bob Kenward)
Another Bob Kenward song that I like (despite Kent not being my birth county) is "Man of Kent":

Man of Kent by Bob Kenward


The farmer will tell of the field and the tree
For the good soil of Kents known all over
And the traveller returning is gladdened to see
The welcoming white cliffs of Dover

And the hops on the bine out Faversham way
And the apples in fruit around Marden
Here's health to the Darent likewise the Medway
And the Downs that surround England's garden

The Canterb'ry pilgrims once walked on their way
And beneath forest shade where they rested
Now the plough and the harvester work all the day
Where the wind blows the grass around Yalstead

Chorus

Now Maidstone's a market that's held in esteem
Where the cattle and crops are worth selling
And Faversham's brewers produce Shepherd Neame
Bringing many a tale to the telling

Chorus

It's the Medway that distinguishes we Men of Kent
From the Kentish Men west of the river
But we'll meet at St Lawrence, the Nevill or Mote
To celebrate willow on leather

Chorus

Though there's hundreds of houses around New Ash Green
But the beauty of Kent is not waning
There's still Romney Mash and old Tenterden Town
The oasts and the downland remaining

Chorus (x2)