Verse
Em G A
Through Cropredy in Oxfordshire, the Cherwell takes its course
D G A
And the willows weep into its waters clear
D G A D
My name it is Will Tims, it's here that I was born
G A D
Raised in faith, my King and god to fear
[Verse]
Em G A
In sixteen forty-four, the King in Oxford Town did dwell
D G A
Though we'd heard that Cromwell's army was nearby
D G A D
It did not occur to me that little Cropredy
G A D
Could be witness to the meeting of both sides
[Verse]
Em G A
On June the 29th that year, I was about my work
D G A
Cutting hedges in a meadow by the stream
D G A D
My blade slipped, I cut my hand, my own dear blood did flow
G A D
Upon the brown earth and the corn still green
[Verse]
Em G A
Now it did distress me so to watch my own blood flow
D G A
And quickly soak into the greedy ground
D G A D
In red and gold my colours swam and sweat broke on my brow
G A D
Faint, I knew that I must lay me down
[Chorus]
D A G A D
Red and Gold are royal colours
Bm G A
Peasant colours are green and brown
D G D Bm
Green is the corn in the brown earth when it's growing
G D A D
Red and gold when the harvest is cut down
[Verse]
Em G A
At first I thought the thundering was just inside my head
D G A
So I raised myself above the hedge to see
D G A D
And I watched as in a dream, as the armies fought downstream
G A D
The Battle for the Bridge at Cropredy
[Verse]
Em G A
Now the King's men fought in red and gold, though Cromwell's men were plainer
D G A
The blood they spilled was coloured just the same
D G A D
Through the hedgerow's fragile cover, I saw brother killing brother
G A D
And all of this was done in Jesus' name
[Chorus]
A G A D
Red and Gold are royal colours
Bm G A
Peasant colours are green and brown
D G D Bm
Green is the corn in the brown earth when it's growing
G D A D
Red and gold when the harvest is cut down
[Verse]
Em G A
All that day and all the next, the battle it was raging
D G A
Though when darkness came, I slipped away
D G A D
But the crying of the dying kept me wakeful and just lying
G A D
In my bed until the dawning of the day
[Bridge]
A D
And the dreams I had were red and gold
G D A
And the little stream became a flood
D G D Bm
From all my brothers killing one another
G D A D
Till waking, I realised, it was all my own dear blood
[Instrumental]
D G A D Bm G A
D G D Bm G D A D
[Verse]
Em G A
Some were buried in the church and some just where they fell
D G A
With no markers to declare their place of rest
D G A D
But the poppies they do grow where they were never sown
G A D
And to my mind they do declare it best
[Verse]
Em G A
And each year when the green corn once again turns into gold
D G A
And the poppies in the field again remind me
D G A D
Like the scar upon my hand and the blood spilled on this land
G A D
And the hungry earth so eager to confine me
[Chorus]
A G A D
For red and gold they are the colours
Bm G A
One is blood and one is power
D G D Bm
Though I may find my rest in Cropredy church
G D A D
In golden fields forever, will spring the poppy flower
[Verse]
Em G A
By Cropredy the Cherwell is still bidden to keep flowing
D G A
And the willows by its side still gently weep
D G A D
But still in restless dreams by this most peaceful stream
G A D
The poppies wake me from my rightful sleep
[Bridge]
A D
And the dreams I have are red and gold
G D A
And the little stream becomes a flood
D G D Bm
From all my brothers killing one another
G D A D
Till waking, I realise, it's all my own dear blood
[Outro]
D G A D Bm G A
D G D Bm G D A D
D G A D Bm G A C
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