Tonart: C major
Verse 1
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They came from the moor
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in the hour after sunset
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Past the ruined chapel
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and the shadow of the mill
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Their clogs struck fire
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as they rattled down the causeway
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That leads to the river
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at the foot of the hill
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We watched behind the windows,
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stood in open doorways
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Called them by name,
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they didn't give a glance
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Nothing could detain them
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as they ran like the wind
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To beat their old neighbours
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There were farmers and their wives,
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shep herds with their collies
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Harvesters with scythes
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that could cut you to the bone
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There were carters, weavers,
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butchers waving cleavers
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Some took a partner,
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some danced alone
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Then the quarrymen stepped forward,
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shook the frost from their beers
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Shouldered their hammers
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in a military stance
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Each from his pocket
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pulled a pint of tailor's ale
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To drink her aunt's brown
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Down on the ri verbank
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everyone was rocking
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Except for some Methodists
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who wouldn't join the fun
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They'd never seen the likes before,
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the dregs of all humanity
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Come on, it could have been no worse,
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they wondered why they'd come
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So they all took out their Bibles,
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closed their eyes in meditation
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Said a little prayer for the
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sin ners as they pranced
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God send us down from the boat
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to show no disapproval
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They were damned if they were joining
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With a terrifying pine,
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the firmament split open
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Like the Red Sea once had parted,
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the touch of Bozer's rod
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There, clad in hoping,
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but whiskers and a nightshirt
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Was the ruler of the uni verse,
the one and only God
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He said, Dance, you boogers, dance,
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or you'll never get to heaven
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The Methodists were doubtful,
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but they couldn't take the chance
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So they put their sternest faces on,
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girded up their loins
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And went bravely, like martyrs,
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Every one was having fun,
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especially the Methodists
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They shouted Hallelujah
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through their Bibles in the air
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Then they stripped off their clothes,
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jumped in the river
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Rejoicing that their bodies
and their souls
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had been laid bare
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Then the pipers and the drummers
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and the riflemen and gunners
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Who'd last been seen a -waltzing
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through the red fields of France
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Took aim at the moon,
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fired a thousand gun salutes
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For their other companions in last dance
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In the morning they were gone,
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the riverbank was empty
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and some bottles on a wall
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Some said they'd caught the early train
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To Bradford or to Manchester
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if they'd been there at all
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But I was up at dawn,
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on a hill above the reservoir
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The last stragglers waved
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as they saw me in the distance
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Then, and exhausted,
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they slip beneath the water
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To sleep, perhaps,
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the dream of the last dance
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You
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