by Northern Lass » Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:24 am
I have
"The Ballad of the Black Country" by Jon Raven
it has tracks on like " The Brave Dudley Boys" and "Perrys Croft bull bait"
and I have a book by Jon Raven "The Urban and Industrial songs of the Black Country and BIrmingham"
Part of the brave dudley boys.
"Times they Wee mighty queer,
And Vittle it was very dear.
So fur to make corn cheap
We burned un all of a yeap
But the work was scarce begun
When sodgers came and spoit the fun
We all ran down our pits
Frietened a most out of our wits
God Bless Lord Dudley Ward
He Know'd as times been hard
He called back the sojermen
And we'll never riot again.
from the book by Jon Raven