Lyrics A Place Called England - June Tabor
I
rode
out
on
a
bright
May
morning
Like
a
hero
in
a
song
Looking
for
a
place
called
England
Trying
to
find
where
I
belong
Couldn′t
find
the
old
flood
meadow
Or
the
house
that
I
once
knew
No
trace
of
the
little
river
Or
the
garden
where
I
grew
I
saw
town
and
I
saw
country
Motorway
and
sink
estate
Rich
man
in
his
rolling
acres
Poor
man
still
outside
the
gate
Retail
park
and
burger
kingdom
Prairie
field
and
factory
farm
Run
by
men
who
think
that
England's
Only
a
place
to
park
their
car
But
as
the
train
pulled
from
the
station
Through
the
wastelands
of
despair
From
the
corner
of
my
eye
A
brightness
filled
the
filthy
air
Someone′s
grown
a
patch
of
sunflowers
Though
the
soil
is
sooty
black
Marigolds
and
a
few
tomatoes
Right
beside
the
railway
track
Down
behind
the
terraced
houses
In
between
the
concrete
towers
Compost
heaps
and
scarlet
runners
Secret
gardens
full
of
flowers
Meeta
grows
the
scent
of
roses
Right
beneath
the
big
jet's
path
Bid
a
fortune
for
her
garden
Eileen
turns
away
and
laughs
So
rise
up
George
and
wake
up
Arthur
Time
to
rouse
out
from
your
sleep
Deck
the
horse
in
the
sea-green
ribbons
Drag
the
old
sword
from
the
deep
Hold
the
line
for
Dave
and
Daniel
As
they
tunnel
through
the
clay
While
the
oak
in
all
its
glory
Soaks
up
sun
for
one
more
day
And
come
all
you
at
home
with
freedom
Whatever
the
land
that
gave
you
birth
There's
room
for
you
both
root
and
branch
As
long
as
you
love
the
English
earth
Room
for
vole
and
room
for
orchid
Room
for
all
to
grow
and
thrive
Just
less
room
for
the
fat
landowner
On
his
arse
in
his
four-wheel
drive
England
is
not
flag
or
Empire
It
is
not
money
it
is
not
blood
It′s
limestone
gorge
and
granite
fell
It′s
Wealden
clay
and
Severn
mud
It's
blackbird
singing
from
the
may-tree
Lark
ascending
through
the
scales
Robin
watching
from
your
spade
And
English
earth
beneath
your
nails
So
here′s
two
cheers
for
a
place
called
England
Badly
used
but
not
yet
dead
A
Mr.
Harding
sort
of
England
Hanging
in
there
by
a
thread
Here's
two
cheers
for
the
crazy
Diggers
Now
their
hour
shall
come
around
We
can
plant
the
seed
they
saved
us
Common
wealth
and
common
ground
1 The Gardener
2 A Place Called England
3 I Will Put My Ship in Order
4 I'll Be Seeing You
5 Out of Winter / Waltzing's for Dreamers
6 Pharaoh
7 Must I Be Bound?
8 The Writing of Tipperary / It's a Long Way to Tipperary
9 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
10 The Water Is Wide / St. Agnes / Jeannie and Jamie
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