Dave Taylor - Mist over Goospastures Lyrics

Oh this is a cursed place", my father said to me
He told how underneath these beasts
The bones of dead men lie
No mention in the history books
No epitaph no trace
For twas the men that wrote the books that put them in this place
And even after all these years can't look them in the face
And the mist lies over goosepastures, where these cattle graze

They swallowed all the abbeys first, and wiped their greedy jaws
Then they came for the village fields
With their wide open claws
Their lawyers signed the papers to legitimise their crime
To take away the commons that saw us through hard times
And all across these centuries, seen dimly through the haze
And the mist lies over goosepastures, where these cattle (Em) graze

Lord Tresham he faced ruination after treason plot
And he had needs for recompense to compensate his loss
With fences and with ditches, left us on our own to fend
How true indeed it was that sheep do surely eat up men
And Montague's bloody vengeance came, by order of King James
And the mist lies over goosepastures, where these cattle graze

And hundreds came from miles around to join that rebel cause
But with Captain Pouch just a dozen stood to face those venging swords
Cut down like corn at harvest time, with blood the Ise Brook ran
All followed by the hangman's rope there by the King's command
They tried to cover up the shame, of actions low and base
But the mist lies over goosepastures, where these cattle graze

So in the year 1607, were planted here those seeds
For Levellers and Diggers all to fight the tyrant's deeds
Who tried to bury all their crimes from the eyes of God and man
As they stamped down upon the earth with blood upon their hands
Covered up their trails and tried so hard to banish every trace
And the mist lies over goosepastures, where these cattle graze