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Bert Jansch
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The Black Knight surveys all before him
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His charger is thumping the ground
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High on a hill the high Bishop looks down
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From his men to the horses
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Not a whisper of sound
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They're all dressed for the battle
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And their colours fly high
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And flutter in the wind
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The White Queen her face red with anger
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Turns to her left and her right
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To the men of the King's Knight she screams and yells
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''Let them know that you come from the fires of Hell.
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And we'll give them a fight''
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Like a black painted shadow
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Unmoved and unhurried
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One look from her eye and her kingsmen they roar
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And into the battle Iike never before
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The King's bishop he moves his men forward
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To guard his knight's men up ahead
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For fear of the Queen and Iove for their King
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They'll fight till they win or they'll fight till they're dead
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Like a black hare that's chased by the Devil
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O'er the battlefield she flies like the wind
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She turns and looks down the path to her prey
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This time she swears that you can't get away
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Nobody can save you
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And there's nothing can stop me
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l will have my way
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... five, six, seven, eight...
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We're counting the dying the dead and bereaved
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And some of the living you'd never believe
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For they ain't got no arms and they ain't got no heads
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And the cost of this war here is written in red.
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l am the joker, my friend is the Fool
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He's been playing the fool since he started at school
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When the battle is over and the reckoning's done
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We'II sing you a song and we'll tell you who's won.
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We sing for the King and we dance for the Queen
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We fall and tumble never question our fate
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For he's never early and I'm never late
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When he's playing the tool then l am the fool's mate.
Bert Jansch - 60th Birthday Concert (ful...
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