English Curse
Frank Turner * Track #6 On England Keep My Bones
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English Curse by Frank Turner
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Performed by
Frank TurnerProduced by
Tristan IvemyWrited by
Frank TurnerAbout
Frank explained to the blog Drankin' and Smokin' what he’d intended to do with the song.
I’m from near the New Forest, that’s kind of where I grew up… I was reading up on some books about local folklore and myths and legend and that kind of thing and I found this story about “The Blacksmith’s Curse...
English Curse Lyrics
[Instrumental]
[Intro]
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
In the dark of the New Forest
[Verse 2]
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
He took the land for his own
[Verse 3]
Now John was a blacksmith, an honest old man
He raised up his children and he worked with his hands
At his family's forge in a patch of land
In the dark of the New Forest
In the dark of the New Forest
[Verse 4]
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
He took the land for his own
[Refrain]
But if you steal the land of an Englishman
Then you shall know this curse
Your first born son's warm blood will run
Upon the English earth
[Verse 5]
Now 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
In the dark of the New Forest
[Verse 6]
But John's curse, it called out and Walt Tyrrell fired low
His arrow struck Rufus with a sickening blow
And he fell from his horse to the ground below
And the land took him for its own
The land took him for its own
[Refrain]
So if you steal the land of an Englishman
Then you shall know this curse
Your first born son's warm blood will run
Upon the English earth
[Outro]
Many years back when these 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
In the dark of the New Forest
English Curse Q&A
Who wrote English Curse's ?
English Curse was written by Frank Turner.
Who produced English Curse's ?
English Curse was produced by Tristan Ivemy.
When did Frank Turner release English Curse?
Frank Turner released English Curse on Mon Jun 06 2011.
What did Frank Turner say about "English Curse"?
Frank Turner once said “Stylistically, it’s very much written to sound like a traditional. But it isn’t one – I wrote the melody myself. But then, at the same time, it’s using a scale that a lot of traditional English songs do use, and then just little things like repeating the first verse at the en...
What's the meaning behind the song?
The song tells the true story of the death of Rufus the Red, the son of William of Normandy, who was killed in a hunting accident in England’s New Forest, shortly after the Norman Conquest, in which William and his men conquered England. The song suggests that this act cursed William and his progeny...