.On the 22nd of August with glistening sword and shield.
Brave Richard king of England,did fight at Bosworth Field.
He led his troops in battle,and death did bravely face
The White Rose did fall never more to be replaced.
   Chorus.A horse, a horse,my kingdom for a horse.

2.Fight on stout hearted swordsman for king and country fight.
and aim you well bold archers the enemy well fright.
oh take you heed Northumberland and false Lord Stanley.
Have courage me lads for victorious we shall be.
   Chorus.

3. So thick and fast the arrows around the king did fly
when to the south marching up the hill false Stanley he did spy.
he mounted on his charger,to fight all for his crown
The White Rose did fall never more to leave the ground
Chorus

4.Unseated from his charger as on the ground lay he
surrounded and out numberd by lord stanleys infantry
they quickly stoop to kill as hawks high in the sky
The White Rose did fall these last words he then did cry
Chorus

5.and so the last of the House of York to death did come at last
He ruled his people fairly and the law for bail he passed
a good and noble ruler by the Tudors so disgraced.
The White Rose did fall never more to be replaced.



By Florence Waters

8:00AM GMT 03 Feb 2013

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Tomorrow could be a landmark moment in British history. If the skeleton of a man found with an arrowhead embedded in his curving spine – dug from beneath a Leicester council car park in September last year and now lying in the city's university lab – is identified as that of King Richard III, the implications will be enormous.

"If it is Richard III we would know an awful lot about his death and burial," says Professor Lin Foxhall, head of Leicester University's archaeology department, which has led the dig. "We would have hard, hard evidence to compare against the various historical accounts."

The scientific team has been on lock-down in case the results of the investigation are leaked before the official announcement, but Foxhall hinted that the department was "very excited". She's optimistic that there are sufficient pieces of the puzzle in order for them to reach a "meaningful conclusion".

All of this will be detailed in a film-length Channel 4 television documentary in which a host of scholars and scientists have been invited to present their case. As one of the most notorious historic villains, both in British chronicles and Shakespeare's plays, conflicting ideas about Richard III have kept debate surrounding his life – and his death – alive.

He was the king, according to one chronicler, who emerged from the womb two years late "with teeth and hair to his shoulders". But not all that was written about him is so easy to dismiss. If enough clues conspire, the results could "rewrite the history books", says Foxhall.