Genius Lyrics
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Chumbawamba – The Triumph Of General Ludd
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No more chant your old rhymes about old Robin Hood / His feats I do little admire / I'll sing the achievements of General Ludd / Now the hero of Nottinghamshire / Brave Ludd was to
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Chumbawamba – The Cutty Wren (Part 2)
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Oh how will you cut him up? said Milder to Moulder / Oh we may not tell you! said Festel to Fose / With knives and with forks! said John the Red Nose / With knives and with forks
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Chumbawamba – The Cutty Wren (Part 1)
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Oh where are you going? said Milder to Moulder / Oh we may not tell you! said Festel to Fose / We're off to the wood! said John the Red Nose / We're off to the wood! said John the
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Chumbawamba – The Cutty Wren
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Oh where are you going? said Milder to Moulder / Oh we may not tell you! said Festel to Fose / We're off to the wood! said John the Red Nose / We're off to the wood! said John the
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Chumbawamba – Coal Not Dole
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They stand so proud, the wheels so still / A ghost-like figure on the hill / It seems so strange, there is no sound / Now there are no men underground / What will become of this
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Chumbawamba – Hanging On The Old Barbed Wire
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If you want to find the general / I know where he is / I know where he is / I know where he is / If you want to find the general / I know where he is / He's pinning another medal
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Chumbawamba – Chartist Anthem
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A hundred years, a thousand years, we're marching on the road / The going isn't easy yet, we've got a heavy load, oh we've got a heavy load / The way is blind with blood and sweat
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Chumbawamba – The World Turned Upside Down
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Through eating too much supper / Before I went to bed / Strange thoughts came o'er my slumber / Strange thoughts came in my head / This world was topsy-turvy / And people of renown
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Chumbawamba – The Bad Squire
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The merry brown hares came a-leaping / Over the crest of the hill / Where the clover and corn lay a-sleeping / Under the moonlight so still / Leaping so late and so early / ‘Till
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Chumbawamba – Colliers March
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The summer was over the season unkind / In harvest a snow, how uncommon to find / The times were oppressive and well be it known / That hunger will stronger starve fences break
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Chumbawamba – Smashing Of The Van
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Attend you gallant Irishmen and listen for a while / I'll sing to you the praises of the sons of Erin's Isle / It's of those gallant heroes who voluntarily ran / To release two
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Chumbawamba – Poverty Knock
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(Chorus) / 'Poverty poverty knock,' my loom is a saying all day / Poverty poverty knock, gaffer's too skinny to pay / Poverty poverty knock, keeping one eye on the clock / I know I
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Chumbawamba – The Diggers Song
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You noble diggers all stand up now, stand up now / You noble diggers all stand up now / The wasteland to maintain sing cavaliers by name / Your digging does maintain and persons
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Genius Lists – Songs Based on Historical Events
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This Genius project helps connect music to historical events
Many times, we listen to a song, not ever knowing it was based on an actual event in history. The list includes a very
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