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The Labour League

from An Ownerless Corner of Earth by Francy Devine

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(trad arr Devine & Wilkes)

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The Labour League is a glorious thing,
Its members a noble band;
And loud will the voice of its leaders ring,
Till slavery ceases in the land.
A bond that is binding, a friend that is true,
A cause to which honour and purpose is due,
By Union we’ll keep it and strengthen it too,
for the labouring men of old England.

Chorus:
The League that fills the farmers with dismay,
The League that will always carry the sway,
The League that guides the Lab’rer on his way,
The League of the Labourers of England.

The Labourers’ League has saved many men,
And set many captives free,
Won for the Lab’rers again and again
The battles for liberty.
The League which is joined by the manly and the bold,
The League which can never be too much extolled,
The League which has thousands of members enrolled.
The Labourers’ League of old England.

The League that fills the farmers with dismay,
The League that will always carry the sway,
The League that guides the Lab’rer on his way,
The League of the Labourers of England.

The Labour League will never, never cease,
Or fail by the poor to stand,
Nor give to the tyrant one moment’s peace,
Till freedom reigns in our land,
And what if unreasoning, jeering and scorn
Be flung at the men who its glories adorn,
Yet thousands will bless the day it was born,
To the labouring men of old England.

The League that fills the farmers with dismay,
The League that will always carry the sway,
The League that guides the Lab’rer on his way,
The League of the Labourers of England.

The Labour League in the years that are past
Has fought for the right to live
So when to reduce wages plans are cast,
This is the answer we give –
‘We don’t want to fight but we won’t run away,
We bid you politely remember the day
When you locked out the men but had to give way,
To the Labourers’ League of old England.

The League that fills the farmers with dismay,
The League that will always carry the sway,
The League that guides the Lab’rer on his way,
The League of the Labourers of England.

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from An Ownerless Corner of Earth, released February 27, 2020
John Bentham, Pete Burnham, Lynn Cooper, Karen Harris, Bill Wilkes, vocals

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