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