TOWTON

[Intro] [Verse] You know me not I have no name No foreign field forever rich With English bones and lion mane Just rotting me in rancid ditch [Verse] Four hundred years before the Somme In northern land by civil strife I fought for one a rightful son But died for mine and loving wife [Chorus] The blunt and bludgeon of your name Befits the solid soil you bear Slab of ground to bear the slain Tow your ton of souls to care [Verse] Not yet king but with father frail Our duty and the day did blast We faced our foe through snow and hail And prayed to Him a palm might cast [Verse] So many men I had not seen In battle ranged by axe and pole Fearsome fury unhinged the scene The dying roar of hearts and soul [Chorus] The blunt and bludgeon of your name Befits the solid soil you bear Slab of ground to bear the slain Tow your ton of souls to care [Break] [Verse] We stood and lost all sense and mind Each icy blast of sleet cut through A shower of arrows on the wind Angled angels for b***d they flew [Verse] I did not see the battle whole Nor see my family home again A hacking blade my life soon stole Across the jaw and through the brain [Chorus] The blunt and bludgeon of your name Befits the solid soil you bear Slab of ground to bear the slain Tow your ton of souls to care [Verse] The day turned quiet my body fell No tumult as the water gave Its benediction through the smell As muddy men cold-capped my grave [Chorus] The blunt and bludgeon of your name Befits the solid soil you bear Slab of ground to bear the slain Tow your ton of souls to care [Chorus] The blunt and bludgeon of your name Befits the solid soil you bear Slab of ground to bear the slain Tow your ton of souls to care [Outro]