Atlanta Curse Lyrics - Ten For Ten - Frank Turner

Many years back when the old oaks were young 

Not long after the Northmen had come 

A low and evil deed was done 

In the dark of the New Forest 

From the shores of Normandy King William came 

To Albion fair, King Harold to slay 

With greed in his heart and his scurrilous claim 

He took the land for his own 

Now John was a blacksmith, an honest old man 

He raised up his children and worked with his hands 

At his family's forge in the patch of land 

In the dark of the New Forest 

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But King William rode out after his victory 

To ravage the land in his hunger to thieve 

For hunting grounds in the Wessex trees 

He took the land for his own 

But if you steal the land of an Englishman 

Then you will know this curse 

Your first born son's warm blood will run 

Upon the English earth 

King William's son was called Rufus the Red 

He took up the crown when his father was dead 

And he rode the hunting grounds in his stead 

In the dark of the New Forest 

But John's curse it called out and Walt Tyrrell fired low 

The arrow struck William with a sickening blow 

And he fell from his horse to the ground below 

And the land took him for it's own 

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So if you steal the land of an Englishman 

Then you will know this curse 

Your first born son's warm blood will run 

Upon the English earth 

Many years back when the old oaks were young 

Not long after the Northmen had come 

A low and evil deed was done 

In the dark of the New Forest