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A# F A# F
Men came up from Kent and out of Essex too
C A# C
Naught but the Thames divides us and unites us onwards through
A# F A# F
All the villages of England, on to London town
C A# C
Where we poor men would see our king and lay our grievance down
A# F A# F
Wat Tyler led us men from Kent, rough hands were shaken there
C A# C
King Richard and the commons, our bold resolve and prayer
[Instrumental]
G# C# F# C
[Verse]
A# F A# F
We knew our king would hear us, our loyalty was clear
C A# C
The bloody lawyers' poll tax had a-brought us labourers here
A# F A# F
And yet he wouldn't see us, so to London we did roar
C A# C
And the poor there and the Essex men, burst down the prison door
[Verse]
A# F A# F
What happened at the Tower was justice, rough in part
C A# C
The murders of the Flemish boys, sat uneasy in my heart
A# F A# F
"Now the king must see us", said Tyler to his men
C A# C
The very next day young Richard came and met us at Mile End
[Chorus]
G# D#
And on the field of Blackheath
G# D#
Us commons covered the earth
A# D#
More men than ever I did see
G# A# C
Poor honest men from birth
[Verse]
A# F A# F
Kent and Essex, Bedford, Sussex received King Richard's word
C A# C
No harm nor blame would come to them if home they would return
A# F A# F
Lincoln, Cambridge, Stafford too, received our young king's favour
C A# C
Though thirty thousand left us there, believing it was over
[Verse]
A# F A# F
But Tyler, he was not convinced and told us to remain
C A# C
"I want to hear his words again, for nothing much has changed"
A# F A# F
Tyler, he approached the king and took Richard by the arm
C A# C
And his rough but friendly gesture, caused Richard's knights alarm
[Instrumental]
F C F C G C F G A
[Verse]
A# F A# F
"Ah, me lord " said Tyler, "companions we will be"
C A# C
"I shall trust in you my lord, if you will trust in me"
A# F A# F
So he called for water, and then he called for ale
C A# C
And his manner shocked young Richard's knights and I watched the Lord Mayor pale
[Verse]
A# F A# F
"I know this man" a voice accused, "Wat Tyler is a thief"
C A# C
The Lord Mayor feared he'd harm the king, that was his true belief
A# F A# F
And there at Smithfield, drew his sword and cut our captain down
C A# C
And the heart went out of all of us, with his blood upon the ground
[Chorus]
G# D#
And on the field of Blackheath
G# D#
Us commons covered the earth
A# D#
More men than ever I did see
G# A# C
Poor honest men from birth
[Verse]
A# F A# F
Young Richard, he was merciful when he pardoned one and all
C A# C
But home to Kent like beaten dogs, still serfs we had to crawl
G# D# G# D#
But how precious was our liberty and the hope that filled us all
A# D# Fm D# G#
Left poor Tyler's severed head upon a bloody pole...
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