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Re-telling The Captain Swing riots around Sussex

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Captain Swing Riots

Crowded round the towns old square.
Many people I know are there.
We’d talk and shout about our rights,
With disagreements, there’ll be fights.
The sergeant tries to take control.
Warning us that we must go.
Those that stay will hang from trees.
The highest branch is meant for me.
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Chorus
Somehow things get out of hand,
The farmer hides as we burn his land.
What the hell do they want from me. Am I really worth it.
The army tries to bring us down.
The clash of sword fights all around.
Do they really think they’ll win. Am I really worth this.
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No one seems to take control,
The sergeant’s men retreat back slow.
‘You must disperse’, he shouts with hate.
‘Before you find that its to late’.
Come and take us one by one.
There’s no regrets for what we've done.
We shout and scream that we’re ‘alive’!
The fires burning really high.
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Chorus
Somehow things get out of hand,
The farmers run as we burn the land.
What the hell do they want from me. Am I really worth it.
No one gave us any rights, our only choice now is to fight.
There’s nothing left for us to do. So is it really worth it.

Guitar riff

I don’t think you will change this,
I know its not my business.
Guaranteed that we will fight all night.

You must give into reasons, there’s no way this is treason.
Guaranteed that we will fight all night.

Somehow prison doesn't seem so bad, or sailing me off to a
Far away, foreign land.

The soldiers get the upper hand,
So every man must make a stand.
They must know, they’ll never win, how can they do this.
We fight them hard with all we can,
Desperate men, now that’s our land
Save our jobs, so we can live. Yeh its really worth it.

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from Southern Counties Riots And Other Stories, released March 31, 2010
Lyrics and Music, G. Wheeler
Recorded and mixed, Russell Plowman,

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