Brian Peters - The Cotton Lords Of Preston текст песни

Have you heard the news of late
About these mighty men so great?
I mean the swells of Fishergate,
The cotton lords of Preston

They are a set of stingy blades
They've locked up all their mills and shades
Now we've nothing else to do
But come and sing our songs to you

So with our ballads we've come out
To tramp the country round about,
And prove that we can live without
The cotton lords of Preston

Everybody's crying shame
On these gentlemen by name
Don't you think they're much to blame,
The cotton Lords of Preston?

The working people such as we
Pass their time in misery,
While they live in luxury,
The cotton lords of Preston

They're making money every way,
And building factories every day,
Yet when we ask them for more pay,
They have the impudence to say,

"To your demands we'll not consent,
You get enough so be content,"
But we will have the Ten per Cent,
From the cotton lords of Preston

Everybody's crying shame
On these gentlemen by name
Don't you think they're much to blame,
The cotton lords of Preston?

Our masters say they're very sure
That a strike we can't endure;
They assert we're very poor,
The cotton lords of Preston

But we're determined every one
With them we will not be done,
And we will not be content
Until we get the Ten per Cent

The Cotton Lords are sure to fall,
Both ugly, handsome, short, or tall;
We intend to conquer all
The cotton lords of Preston

Everybody's crying shame
On these gentlemen by name
Don't you think they're much to blame,
The cotton lords of Preston?

So men and women, all of you,
Come and buy a song or two,
And assist us to subdue
The cotton lords of Preston

We'll conquer them and no mistake,
Whatever laws they seem to make
And when we get the Ten per Cent
Then we'll live happy and content

Oh, then we'll sing and dance with glee
And thank you all so gratefully
When we gain the victory
And beat the Lords of Preston

Everybody's crying shame
On these gentlemen by name
Don't you think they're much to blame,
The cotton lords of Preston?