Martyr

T’was the twenty fourth of February,

eighteen thirty four,

when the Tolpuddle sheriff

came a’knocking at my door.

Served with a warrant

I was swiftly hastened away

for taking an illegal oath

to challenge my meagre pay.

You see we were only paid six shillings a week

for working the squires land,

so we set up a trade union

and in our little band

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