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Pauper's Son

by NIGHTSONG

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PAUPER’S SON

“Sheep devoured the human flesh”
Handed down by good King Death
Who took away the strongest serfs
And buried them deep beneath the earth
Labourers so left the land
And those remaining did command
For their good work a higher fee
From landowner and legatee

Engrossers knew their further wrath
Would see their hirelings, stick and cloth,
Take their sweat to rival ground
For pennies, shillings, English pounds.
And so, in 1381
They took their tools and set upon
The house of he who forced their plight
To earnestly assert their rights

Away, away, you pauper’s son
Take to your heels and run, run, run
You tax our land, you tax our corn
Away, away you pauper’s son

The damage caused was fifty pounds
But the villein’s court it handed down
Sentences so hesitant
Recipients thought them Heaven sent
The reins of power were switched around
As the poll collector licked his wounds
He’d pushed the people to the brim
Until the people turned on him

Away, away, you pauper’s son
Take to your heels and run, run, run
You tax our land, you tax our corn
Away, away you pauper’s son

Away, away, you pauper’s son
Take to your heels and run, run, run
You tax our land, you tax our corn
Away, away you pauper’s son

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released June 20, 2020

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Three creative minds with a collective interest in where we all come from and the lessons we can learn.

Using history and the good spirits of humankind to inspire love, learning, and community, and to create music for the soul.

ALI KARIM
JOHN REED
JO BETH YOUNG
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