THE KINGDOM OW we are come to our Kingdom, Now we are come to our Kingdom! Now we are come to our Kingdom, And the Crown is ours to take With a naked sword at the Council board, Now we are come to our Kingdom! Now we are come to our Kingdom, And the Realm is ours by right, With shame and fear for our daily cheer, Now we are come to our Kingdom! Now we are come to our Kingdom, All that I wrought for, all that I fought for, My crown is of withered leaves, For she sits in the dust and grieves, Now we are come to our Kingdom! I TARRANT MOSS CLOSED and drew for my love's sake And I slew the Reiver of Tarrant Moss They have gone down, they have gone down, That never struck a blow! Their armour shall not dull nor rust, Their flesh shall not decay, For Tarrant Moss holds them in trust, Their soul went from them in their youth, Whenas I leaned on my love's truth Whenas I leaned on lad's belief And not on my naked blade- TARRANT MOSS They have laid the Reiver low in his place, But the twenty knights in the peat-water And ever they give me gold and praise And ever I mourn my loss For I struck the blow for my false love's sake And not for the Men of the Moss! E WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR'S SONG NGLAND'S on the anvil-hear the hammers ring Clanging from the Severn to the Tyne! Never was a blacksmith like our Norman KingEngland's being hammered, hammered, hammered into line! England's on the anvil! Heavy are the blows! (But the work will be a marvel when it's done) Little bits of Kingdoms cannot stand against their foes. England's being hammered, hammered, hammered into one! There shall be one people-it shall serve one Lord(Neither Priest nor Baron shall escape!) It shall have one speech and law, soul and strength and sword. England's being hammered, hammered, hammered into shape! I SIR RICHARD'S SONG (A. D. 1066) FOLLOWED my Duke ere I was a lover, But now this game is the other way over- I had my horse, my shield and banner, As for my Father in his tower, As for my Mother in her bower, That rules my Father so cunningly, She will remember a maiden's powerTell her England hath taken me! As for my Brother in Rouen City, |