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The Captain Swing Riots.

from Bad Billy Band E​.​P. by Bad Billy Band

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Captain Swing was the name signed to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830, when farm labourers rioted over the introduction of new threshing machines and the loss of their jobs.

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Crowded round the town's old square, many people I know are there.
We shout and scream about our rights,
with disagreements there'll be fights.
The army tries to take control, they're warning us that we must go.
Those that stay will hang from trees, the highest branch is meant for me.

Some how things get out of hand, the farmers run as we burn their land.
What the hell do they want from me, am I really worth it.
No one gave us any rights, the only choice now is to fight.
Nothing else for us to do. Am I really worth it.

The Sargent try's to take control, warning us that we must go.
You must disperse he shouts with hate,
before you find that it's too late.
So come and take us one by one, there's no regrets for what we've done.
See the fires are burning high the funeral pyre's alive tonight.

Some how things get out of hand, the farmers run as we burn their land.
What the hell do they want from me, am I really worth it.
No one gave us any rights, the only choice now is to fight.
Nothing else for us to do. Am I really worth it.

I don't think we can change this, I know it's not my business
guaranteed that we will fight all night.

I must give into reason, Co's I know that this ain't treason,
guaranteed that we will fight all night.

Some how prison doesn't seem so bad. Or carting me off to a
far away foreign land.

Some how things get out of hand, the farmers run as we burn their land.
What the hell do they want from me, am I really worth it.
No one gave us any rights, the only choice now is to fight.
Nothing else for us to do. Am I really worth it.

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from Bad Billy Band E​.​P., released January 18, 2020
Bad Billy Band

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Bad Billy Band Worthing, UK

“British Folk/Rock band, Bad Billy Band are an established group that plays thumping, toe-tapping original music. Hailing from around Brighton/Worthing, the five-piece band knock out an original folk/rock mixture with a lively sound.
The band are notoriously great live and have played to many audiences along the south of England. Not to be missed.!”
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