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16 Oct 23 - 05:53 AM (#4191113) Subject: Lyr Add: Treachery at The Blue Anchor From: GUEST,Graham Dixon TREACHERY AT THE BLUE ANCHOR Dixon/Snape Intro: Am C G Am G Am Am C G Am Em Rest a while and sup your fill and a tale to you I’ll tell Am C G Am G Am Of Edmund and his fateful ride from here to Helen’s Well C Am G Of Gregson Lane’s most famous son and the day his horse went down Am C G Am Em He was murdered for a point of view that differed from the crown Chorus C F G Ride ride Edmund your captors they draw nigh C F Keep on the track and don’t look back C G Am G For you must never die good man Am D You must never die Chorus Jailed in sixteen twenty two and then released again Pardoned by his majesty to please the King of Spain Returned to work with Brindle folk betrayed by so called friends He was captured o’er by Duxon Hill when his horse refused a fence Chorus The Hanging Judge at Lancaster said change your point of view But Edmund shook his head and said “do what you have to do” On the twenty eighth of August in Sixteen twenty eight Edmund died in the name of God outside the city gates The song can be hear here Treachery at The Blue Anchor The song is about St Edmund Arrowsmith – one of The Lancashire Martyrs (AKA Bryan Arrowsmith) I believe he was a relative of my wife Bernadette GD |