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song:thieves-song [2018/07/09 11:19] – created Jeff Biglersong:thieves-song [2018/07/09 11:20] (current) Jeff Bigler
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 +====== The Thieves' Song ======
  
 +by Gavin Davenport
 +
 +Some they say the travelling man, he is the city's blight
 +That he will rob the city man in some blind lane by night
 +But I tell you that the chap in rags or lord in golden chains
 +It matters not how much they have, they'll rob you just the same
 +
 +**Chorus:**
 +//Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark and all the rogues have come to town
 +Some in rags, some in jags and some in velvet gowns
 +So put no faith in rich men, though gold they have in store
 +For now they have the taste of it, they want it ten times more//
 +
 +And yet you scorn the beggar man that calls out for each crust
 +And on the pinstriped wolf's head you invest your faith and trust
 +And put the biggest rogues of all, your Parliament within
 +So don't despise the poor man though his clothes be awful thin
 +
 +[//chorus//]
 +
 +So don't see the beggar as a thief, but see him as a man
 +Likewise the lords, but look beneath and trust just where you can
 +For you meet with thieves and you eat with thieves and you deal with thieves each day
 +And you dote on thieves and you vote for thieves and still their games do play