English Curse Frank Turner

[Instrumental]

[Intro]
Many years back when the old oaks were young
Not long after the Northmen had come
A low and evil deed was done
In the dark of the New Forest
In the dark of the New Forest

[Verse 2]
From the shores of Normandy King William came
To Albion fair, King Harold to slay
With greed in his heart and his scurrilous claim
He took the land for his own
He took the land for his own

[Verse 3]
Now John was a blacksmith, an honest old man
He raised up his children and he worked with his hands
At his family's forge in a patch of land
In the dark of the New Forest
In the dark of the New Forest

[Verse 4]
King William rode out after his victory
To ravage the land in his hunger to thieve
For hunting grounds in the Wessex trees
He took the land for his own
He took the land for his own