Towton from Goldscaur by Dave Gibb
Towton: Battle fought between the houses of Lancaster and York on 29th March (Palm Sunday) 1461. Between 20,000 and 30,000 men were killed – mostly on the Lancastrian side. The largest and bloodiest battle fought on British soil.
Tracklist
| 9. | Towton | 5:05 |
Lyrics
Towton
©Dave Gibb 2009 PRS/MCPS
Cock Beck: a large proportion of the Lancastrians died trying to cross this swollen stream during the rout.
They followed their captains and followed their lords
They swore their hearts would never fail
Bound by their honour to fight for their cause
Believing right would prevail
The battle lines drawn at the first light of dawn
Eighty thousand men or more, so I’ve been told
They stood in their lines for the word to march on
Through the snow and the wind and the cold
So many dead the Cock Beck could not hold them all
It burst its banks with blood they say
We saw them fight, we saw them run and we watched them fall
Through the snow and wind and hail
At Towton field that day
Souls drifted free till light slipped away
The butchered lying everywhere
And did the cause that was just win the day?
I suppose the dead don’t really care
So many dead the Cock Beck could not hold them all
It burst its banks with blood they say
We saw them fight, we saw them run and we watched them fall
Through the snow and wind and hail
At Towton field that day
So many dead the Cock Beck could not hold them all
It burst its banks with blood they say
We saw them fight, we saw them run and we watched them fall
Through the snow and wind and hail
At Towton field that day
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