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Ragged trouser Brigade

from Rural Sketch (2016) by DavidJohnHull

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Ragged Trouser Brigade

To work culprit condemned men of mills and fields
You work the face know your face
You made the blades so now plunge them
Born out of wisdom no good lot
You left Southampton for the fields
That you could never have dreamt of
You’ll taste mud and gore
You’ll taste mud and gore

Fear not young ones go meet your maker
He likes the sons that fight others’ battles
With youthful hands that die with grace
Ragged trouser brigade ragged trouser brigade

They parade in scarlet fever
Through the town with pomp and valour
Go to war you might as well
There’s nothing left to fight here for

Fresh off the boat hoarded like cattle
Into the bullring they did go
They got the shit scared out of them
Unlawful mental abuse unlawful mental abuse

Blanket cover human flesh
They kept their lines did the best
Private no one became colonel someone
Took a stand and showed no respect

Word was out news spread fast
Mutiny was called upon
They’d had enough of the fruitless struggle
That was stuck in the mud stained blood
Stuck in the mud stained blood

Twenty thousand missing men
Escaped to the forest a sanctuary
They lived in hollows on their wit
With berries and hope no hero
Berries and hope no hero

The ruling classes promised much
An amnesty was talked of
But ruling classes deceive too much
And no one lived past the firing squad

Percy Toplis was hunted down
The most wanted man to be crowned
Killed without trial by an illegal shot
Percy’s story will live on
Percy’s story will live on

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from Rural Sketch (2016), released May 1, 2016
David.J.Hull-all instruments, except João Clemente-electric guitar

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DavidJohnHull Germany

David started playing double bass in various folk, rock, and chanson bands in Berlin. In 1991, he turned to writing songs and has released roughly 17 albums to date. In 2017, the band Golden Dark was formed, and in 2018, the project Shapeless Man was initiated. In 2020, he began working on the radio play "The Pigeon House." In 2023, he started improvised voicing with various projects. ... more

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