Gareth Jones Songs

THE PEOPLE OF THE KING

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With the love you brought, and the love you caught

And the love you said you’d bring

So we played to smiling faces of the People of the King

 

I sat in the minstrel’s gallery a maid upon my knee

As we celebrate the passing of his Regal Majesty

And I took her to a chamber a good time was had by all

As we hung his Regal Majesty on ropes above the hall.

 

With the love…..

 

Oh we laughed and sang and danced and shagged

Into another morn

And the people drank the barrels dry

Till they could drink no more

And the freedom of the masses it was plain for all to see

Since we’d cut his Regal Majesty roughly into three.

 

With the love…..

 

All the servants sat at tables high above the milling throng

And the soldiers brought them bread and wine

And hunks of venison

As they raised their glasses to the sky 

Democracy was saved

As we dumped his Regal Majesty into a shallow grave.

 

With the love…..

 

Oh, oh, listen to this little tale of freedom that I sing

For it happened very long ago to a now forgotten king

And the people of the country were so happy to be free

That they built a road upon the grave of his Regal Majesty.

 

With the love……….