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Can you hear the drummers drumming, lad?
It is news of war they bring. Your father's gone to join the men who are marching with the King. The soldiers want our muskets the officers my glass they've borrowed both the silver cups the pewter and some brass. Can you hear the drummers drumming, girl? There's and army come to town. They've snatched away your brother to fight against the Crown. They've commandeered the horses our cow and six prime sheep. They've even stolen featherbeds so there's no soft place to sleep. The drums are always drumming. They keep pounding in my head. I hear the wounded screaming and can smell the rotting dead. What have they done to England with their shouts for Rights and Laws? The King against the Parliament each fighting for their Cause. Can you hear the drummers drumming? There is fighting all around. The cannons roar for Parliament and the King is losing ground. They've killed my own dear husband and maimed my bonny son. My daughter's mind is broken since they raped her - one by one. I can't stop the drummers drumming. I can't stop the soldiers march. If it's hell they're bent on making I can only weep and watch. Before this war our lives were good Now all is lost.... ........I Curse the King ................and a Pox on Parliament. |
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