Текст песни Background To History - Monty Python
Prof.
jones:
good
evening.
one
of
the
main
elements
in
any
assessment
of
the
medieval
open-field
farming
system
is
the
availability
of
plough
teams
for
the
winter
plowing.
professor
tofts
of
the
university
of
manchester
puts
it
like
this:
(A
rocking
beat
starts
and
a
60s-style
folk
rock
song
with
some
heavy
caribbean
influence
begins.)
To
plough
once
in
the
winter
sowing,
and
again
in
lent,
Sowing
with
as
many
oxen
Sowing
with
as
many
oxen
As
he
shall
have
yoked
in
the
plough
Oh
yes
Oh
yes
As
he
shall
have
yoked
in
the
plough.
Oh
yes
Oh
yes
Prof.
jones:
but
of
course
there
is
considerable
evidence
of
open-field
villages
as
far
back
as
the
tenth
century.
professor
moorhead:
(dramatic
metal
chords,
reminiscent
of
british
punk
or
perhaps
groups
like
black
sabbath.)
Theeeeeere's
ev-i-de-ence
Theeeeeere's
ev-i-de-ence
There's
evidence
(evidence)
Evidence
(evidence)
Evidence
(evidence?)
There's
evidence
(evidence!)
Evidence
of
settlements
with
one
long
village
street,
Farmsteads,
hamlets,
little
towns
- the
framework
was
complete
By
the
tiiiiime
...
(of
the
norman
conquest!)
the
rural
framework
was
complete
Rur-al
Frame-work
Wa-as
Com-plete.
Prof.
jones:
this
is
not
to
say,
of
course,
that
the
system
was
as
sophisticated
as
it
later
came
to
be.
i
asked
the
professor
of
medieval
studies
at
cambridge
why
this
was.
Prof.
hegerman:
(stuttering)
well,
i-it
may
not
have
been
a
- a
statutory
obligation,
but,
uh,
i
mean,
uh,
a
guy
who
was
a
freeman
whuh
- was
obliged
in
the
medieval
system
to...
Prof.
jones:
to
do
boonwork?
Prof.
hegermann:
that's
right.
there's
an
example,
ah,
from
the
village
rolls,
ah,
in
1313.
Prof.
jones:
and
i
believe
you're
going
to
do
it
for
us.
Prof.
hegerman:
that's
right,
yeah...
(Pop
beat
sets
in,
reminiscent
of
the
beatles
in
their
later
period
but
with
some
of
the
spastic
quality
of
a
joe
cocker.)
Oh
it's
written
in
the
village
rolls
That
if
one
plough-team
wants
an
oxen
And
that
oxen
is
lent
Then
the
villeins
and
the
ploughmen
got
to
have
the
loooord's
consent.
Yeah,
yeah,
Then
the
villeins
and
the
ploughmen
got
to
have
the
lord's
consent
Then
the
villeins
and
the
ploughmen
got
to
have
the
lord's
consent
Then
the
villeins
and
the
ploughmen
got
to
have
the
lord's
consent
Then
the
villeins
and
the
ploughmen
got
to
have
the
lord's
consent
Then
the
villeins
and
the
ploughmen
got
to
have
the
lord's
consent
(Na
na
na
na)
Then
the
villeins
and
the
ploughmen
got
to
have
the
lord's
consent
(Na
na
na
na)
Then
the
villeins
and
the
ploughmen
got
to
have
the
lord's
consent
(Na
na
na
na)
Then
the
villeins
and
the
ploughmen
got
to
have
the
lord's
consent
Then
the
villeins
and
the
ploughmen
got
to
have
the
lord's
consent.
That
was
a
talk
on
the
open-field
farming
system
by
professor
angus
jones.
some
of
the
main
points
covered
in
this
talk
are
now
available
on
a
long-playing
record
entitled
"the
ronettes
sing
medieval
agrarian
history."
1 Radio Tuning Radio 4 - Announcer Graham Chapman / Radio Time Announcer Terry Jones
2 Election Forum
3 Dead Bishops/Rats
4 Elephantplasty
5 Novel Writing
6 Word Association
7 Bruce's Sketch
8 Bruce's Song
9 Ralph Mellish
10 Doctor Quote
11 Cheese Emporium
12 Wasp / Tiger Club
13 Raspberry
14 Great Actors
15 Background To History
16 Record Shop
17 First World War
18 Mrs. Niggerbaiter
19 Oscar Wilde
20 Pet Shop
21 Phone In
22 Psychopath
23 TelePrompTer Football Results
24 Radio Shop
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