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