The Return to London Lyrics

Voice - Vox Populi - The Folksinger (Rory McLeod)

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Hey now! Come and hear my song.
I'll tell you about a man called Free-born John.
Hey hey now! Come and hear my song,
The return to London of a Free-born John.
He's been whipped, and gone to war,
Stood trial for treason and a whole lot more,
Ole King Charles he want to take his head,
But Lilburne, he offered him a fight instead.

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Once they let him out of Oxford Jail
He was soon back on the soldiers trail
And at Marstan Moor in a Dragoons coat
He had many a Cavalier by the throat

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He fought for you, he speaks for me,
Seems every day he fights tyranny.
Once in a while you know they come along,
Like a Robin Hood, like a Free-born John.
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So I'll crack a keg in a Halfmoone Alley,
And raise a glass and to his side I'll rally.
In the Windmill Tavern or the Suburbs of Hell
His is the tale I've been born to tell.

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