Lyr Req: Derbyshire Rant / Nottingham Captain

Subject: Lyr Req: Derbyshire Rant
From: GUEST,cujimmy
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 02:18 PM

Can anyone give me the words of this song by I believe Coop Boyes and Simpson - thanks - jimmy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Derbyshire Rant
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 03:34 PM

Coope Boyes & Simpson have not released a song called 'Derbyshire Rant' on any of their recordings.

Can you give any more details?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Derbyshire Rant
From: cujimmy
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 08:08 PM

I may be wrong, I heard the song somewhere and I think it was CBT who were singing it and I enjoyed the song and would like to learn it, just an equiry - regards - jimmy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Derbyshire Rant
From: cujimmy
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 05:47 AM

You working folk of Derbyshire
Who live your lives in grief and fear
Come take your pike up in your hand
And join our march to Nottingham

Everyone their best must try
You must turn out and not deny
No bloody soldiers must you dread
You must turn out and fight for bread
For the time has come you'l plainly see
The government opposed must be

Anyone got the rest of the words and possibly the correct title as I may have got the title wrong - regards - cuj

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Derbyshire Rant
From: johnadams
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 07:24 AM

I thought I recognised it (being a Derbyshire bloke).

See The Pentrich Rebellion

and The Pentrich Rebellion 2

...for background.

I'm not sure all the word are there but it's a start.

J

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Derbyshire Rant
From: Dick The Box
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 12:35 PM

The words are here. They were written by Bill Prince and can be heard sung by Roy Bailey here.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Derbyshire Rant
From: cujimmy
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 04:27 PM

Great stuff - thanks very much - regards - cuj

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Derbyshire Rant
From: johnadams
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 07:58 PM

Of course it was! Thanks Dick. I should have remembered from my Red Shift days when we sang another of Bill's songs - 'No Cause For Alarm'.

As an aside, Bill's got a recent CD release with many more new songs on it. I'm away from home right now and haven't got it to hand to quote details but it's worth checking out.

J

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Derbyshire Rant
From: GUEST,Georgina Boyes
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 07:32 AM

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

Subject: Lyr Add: NOTTINGHAM CAPTAIN (Bill Prince)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 07 Apr 08 - 10:54 PM

Copied from Henry's Songbook, and corrected a bit based on the sound file (Thanks to Dick the Box for the links):

NOTTINGHAM CAPTAIN
(Bill Prince)

CHORUS: Everyone their skill must try.
We must turn out and not deny.
No bloody soldier must we dread.
We must turn out and fight for bread,
For the time has come, you plainly see,
The Government opposed must be.

You working men of Derbyshire
Who spend your life in grief and fear,
Come take your pike staff in your hand
And join our march to North England.

The stockingers' trade has all come down.
No work for us in village or town.
For the Derby Rib from fashion did fall
And left us with no work at all.

Lord Liverpool said when the war was won
That there'd be work for every man,
But our children they still cry for bread.
We working folk would be better dead.

We call at every house and farm
And demand of them to give us arms.
We'll take each able bodied man
To join our march to Nottingham.

And when we come to Nottingham,
There'll be beef and bread for everyone.
We'll join the clouds coming from the north
To show this government our worth.

From Wakefield, Leeds and Manchester,
They all will come to join us there;
And then we'll march to London town
To bring this tyrant Government down.

(As recorded by Band of Hope (Roy Bailey, lead vocalist) on "Rhythm and Reds", 1994.)