Tuesday, 28 April 2015

White Surrey rehearsal version

WHITE SURREY



A song about Richard III at the battle of Bosworth.

WHITE SURREY

HIS STANDARD PROUDLY ON DISPLAY
THE BURNISHED ARMOUR SHINES
RICHARD UPON WHITE SURREY
HIS KNIGHTS FALL IN BEHIND

MY HORSE, MY HORSE MY WHITE SURREY
FOR YORK AND ENGLAND MY WHITE SURREY
MY HORSE, MY HORSE MY WHITE SURREY
FOR YORK AND ENGLAND MY WHITE SURREY

THE MEDIEVAL CANNONS BLAST 
AT HENRY TUDOR'S MEN
RICHARD UPON WHITE SURREY
FACING DEATH AGAIN

MY HORSE, MY HORSE MY WHITE SURREY
FOR YORK AND ENGLAND MY WHITE SURREY
MY HORSE, MY HORSE MY WHITE SURREY
FOR YORK AND ENGLAND MY WHITE SURREY

HORSES REACHING GALLOP
THE LANCES COMING DOWN
RICHARD UPON WHITE SURREY
THUNDER ON THE GROUND

MY HORSE, MY HORSE MY WHITE SURREY
FOR YORK AND ENGLAND MY WHITE SURREY
MY HORSE, MY HORSE MY WHITE SURREY
FOR YORK AND ENGLAND MY WHITE SURREY

The King In The Car Park acoustic rehearsal version



A song about the discovery of the grave of Richard III in a car park in Leicester



IN THE CHOIR OF THE PRIORY HURRIEDLY BURIED
NO CASKET BENEATH THE TILES OF THE FLOOR
SILENT BENEATH THEM, UNHEEDED UNDERNEATH THEM
KING RICHARD OF ENGLAND HE OF THE WHITE BOAR

CAR DOORS SLAMMING, WET FEET SPLASHING
RUNNING ACROSS TO THE OFFICE DOOR
SILENT BENEATH THEM, UNHEEDED UNDERNEATH THEM
KING RICHARD OF ENGLAND HE OF THE WHITE BOAR

THE KING IN THE CAR PARK NO PEACE FOR POOR RICHARD
WILL YORK AND LEICESTER DISPUTE EVER MORE
WHERE TO REST POOR KING RICHARD A TOURIST ATTRACTION
KING RICHARD OF ENGLAND WHAT CROWDS HE COULD DRAW