Ironmasters

  Intro:
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  Verse 1:
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  Oh this is an old story that's 
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rarely ever told, the raping of 
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the country, of the valley
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  The men who came to reap with a 
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musket and a bible they wanted 
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to take the valley
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  The valley, the valley, they 
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wanted to take the valley
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  And oh the ironmasters, they 
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always get their way

  Verse 2:
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  And so for a pittance all the 
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people worked the land, all the 
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men and the women and the children
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  And on Sundays it was down to the
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 chapel in the town, the preacher
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 said give generously
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  Give generously, give 
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generously, the people they gave 
generously
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  And oh the ironmasters, they 
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always get their way

  Verse 3:
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  The union met in secret on the 
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dark side of the hill  by the 
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light of a thousand candles
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  Their pay had been cut, all the 
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people come on out and by scores
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 they were joining Rebecca
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  Rebecca, Rebecca, the people were 
joining Rebecca
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  And oh the ironmasters, they 
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always get their way

  Break:
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  Chorus:
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  Ironmasters, call the army, call 
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the hungry from the Irish sea
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  Ironmasters, call the parliament,
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 it's no sin to fight to be free

  Verse 4:
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  From the smokey stacks of Merthyr
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 to the hills of Ebber vale from 
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Swansea docks to Merseyside and 
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Liverpool
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  With the union leaders crushed 
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and the union quickly smashed 
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they blackened the face of the 
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country
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  The country, the country, they 
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blackened the face of the country
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  And oh the ironmasters, they 
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always get their way

  Verse 5:
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  Now on a hill in Brecon is 
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Crawshay's ruined house and it 
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blackens out the green of the valley
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  And on his battered grave is the
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 epitaph they gave it stands 
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there, god forgive him
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  Forgive him, forgive him, and all 
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who rot in hell with him
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  And oh the ironmasters, they 
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always get their way

  Break:
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  Chorus:
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  Ironmasters, call the army, call 
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the hungry from the Irish sea
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  Ironmasters, call the parliament,
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 it's no sin to fight to be free

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  And oh the ironmasters, they 
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always get their way
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  And oh the ironmasters, they 
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still get their way