ALEC
I’M RESOLVED, YOU CANNOT STOP ME. I WILL RAISE AN
ARMY HERE...
WE’LL BE FREE OR NEVER SEE ANOTHER SUN.
NOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR ACTION, OUR ENEMY LIVES IN THERE...
AND WE ALL KNOW NOW WHAT MUST BE DONE!
I WAS BORN A
FREE MAN IN A FAMILY MADE OF SLAVES.
I WAS BORN TO RISE ABOVE THE LOT OF OTHER KNAVES.
I GREW STRONG SO I COULD TAKE MY DESTINY IN HAND.
I’M A FREE MAN!
FROM THIS DAY ON MY NAME WILL ECHO ‘CROSS THE LAND.
FROM OUT OF MUD
AND GRASS WE'VE COME, FROM OUT OF PEASANTS' FIELD,
FROM WHERE WE WORK EACH SEASON LONG BUT NEVER OWN THE YIELD.
PISMO THE SMITH
OUR BACKS ARE BENT; OUR SKIN IS COARSE;
EDWARD
OUR CLOTHING’S THIN AND TORN;
BRYN
SWIFTLY AGE DEFILES US;
ALL PEASANTS
OUR SONGS ARE TRAGIC MOURNS.
ALEC & SOME PEASANTS
I WAS BORN A FREE MAN IN A FAMILY MADE OF SLAVES.
I WAS BORN TO RISE ABOVE THE LOT OF OTHER KNAVES.
I GREW STRONG SO I COULD TAKE MY DESTINY IN HAND.
I’M A FREE MAN!
FROM THIS DAY ON MY NAME WILL ECHO ‘CROSS THE LAND.
ALEC
FROM SHANTY ROW, WHERE MAKESHIFT ROOFS
TWO PEASANT WOMEN
CAN’T HOLD AGAINST THE RAIN;
ALEC
FROM WHERE WE'VE COME, NO FAVOR LIES,
BRYN
NO MAGIC STOPS THE PAIN.
ALEC
FROM ABSENT‑OWNER'S LAND WE'VE COME
HALF THE PEASANT MEN
TO CHALLENGE SUCH A LOAN.
ALEC
TO STAND WITH HEAD UNBOWED WE'VE COME
ALL
TO CLAIM REALMS FOR OUR OWN.
I WAS BORN A
FREE MAN IN A FAMILY MADE OF SLAVES.
I WAS BORN TO RISE ABOVE THE LOT OF OTHER KNAVES.
I GREW STRONG SO I COULD TAKE MY DESTINY IN HAND.
I’M A FREE MAN!
FROM THIS DAY ON MY NAME WILL ECHO ‘CROSS THE LAND.
DANCE BREAK - Percussion enhanced
instrumental chorus.
ALEC
FOLLOW ME, BENEATH THE STONES, WE KNOW THE WAY
INSIDE.
WHILE DESPOTS SLEEP, WITH STEALTH WE’LL CREEP UNTIL THE COCK HAS CRIED.
STAY OR GO, THERE’S DUST AND DEATH, BUT YOU CAN MAKE THE CHOICE.
FOLLOW ME – ACROSS THE MOAT AND GIVE YOUR HEART A VOICE.
