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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
D# C# D#
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
D# C# D#
King Richard and the commons, our bold resolve and prayer
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[Verse]
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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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C# G# C# G#
What happened at the Tower was justice, rough in part
D# C# D#
The murders of the Flemish boys, sat uneasy in my heart
C# G# C# G#
"Now the king must see us", said Tyler to his men
D# C# D#
The very next day young Richard came and met us at Mile End
[Chorus]
B F#
And on the field of Blackheath
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Us commons covered the earth
C# F#
More men than ever I did see
B C# D#
Poor honest men from birth
[Verse]
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Kent and Essex, Bedford, Sussex received King Richard's word
D# C# D#
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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C# G# C# G#
But Tyler, he was not convinced and told us to remain
D# C# D#
"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
D# C# D#
And his rough but friendly gesture, caused Richard's knights alarm
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[Verse]
C# G# C# G#
"Ah, me lord " said Tyler, "companions we will be"
D# C# D#
"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
D# C# D#
And his manner shocked young Richard's knights and I watched the Lord Mayor pale
[Verse]
C# G# C# G#
"I know this man" a voice accused, "Wat Tyler is a thief"
D# C# D#
The Lord Mayor feared he'd harm the king, that was his true belief
C# G# C# G#
And there at Smithfield, drew his sword and cut our captain down
D# C# D#
And the heart went out of all of us, with his blood upon the ground
[Chorus]
B F#
And on the field of Blackheath
B F#
Us commons covered the earth
C# F#
More men than ever I did see
B C# D#
Poor honest men from birth
[Verse]
C# G# C# G#
Young Richard, he was merciful when he pardoned one and all
D# C# D#
But home to Kent like beaten dogs, still serfs we had to crawl
B F# B F#
But how precious was our liberty and the hope that filled us all
C# F# G#m F# B
Left poor Tyler's severed head upon a bloody pole...
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