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The New St. George
(Richard Thompson)
The time has come for action
Leave your satisfaction
Can’t you hear St. George’s tune
St. George’s
tune is calling on you
Freedom was your mother
Fight for one another
Leave the factory, leave the forge
Dance
to the new St. George
Don’t believe pretenders
Who say they would defend us
While they flash their teeth
and wave
The other hand is being paid
They choke the air and bleed us
These noble men who lead us
Leave the factory,
leave the forge
Dance to the new St. George
The fish and foul are ailing
The farmer’s life is failing
Where
are all you backroom boys
You backroom boys won't save us now
We’re poisoned by the greedy
Who
plunder on the needy
Leave the factory, leave the forge
Dance to the new St. George
Martin Carthy : guitar, vocals
Sue Harris:
vocals, oboe, dulcimer
button accordion,
melodeon, electric piano
electric dulcimer, synthesiser
Martin Nicholls, John Iveson, Colin Sheen, Paul Beer:
sackbuts on "Gallant Poacher"
Dave Mattacks : percussion on "Reaphook and Sickle
the never-to-be-duplicated Albion line-up of
Simon Nicol,
Martin Carthy, Roger
Swallow,
Sue Harris and John Kirkpatrick.
Ashley Hutchings missing in action.
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| Island Records HELP 25 LP, UK, 1976 (recorded 1973) |
side one
Albion Sunrise
Morris Medley
* Mouresque
* London Pride
* So Selfish
Runs The Hare
* Maid Of The Mill
* Sheriff's Ride
I Was A Young Man
New St George / La Rotta
side two
Gallant Poacher
Cheshire Rounds / The Old Lancashire Hornpipe
Reaphook And Sickle
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| Island Records HELP 25 LP, UK, 1976 (recorded 1973) |
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