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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson
I am not able to post a copy because of my ineptitude with this machine, but I recommend you try to find a magbnificent poem -'Peterloo' by Harvey Kershaw of Rochdale.Probably written in the 1970s. I think that the Oldham Tinkers have recorded it.
Stirring stuff...................
On the 16th day of August
In the year 1-8-1-9
The cotton folk o'Lancashire in protest did combine
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John Bright and Cobden never knew
t-were t'Riot Act till bugles blew
And mounted redcoats come in view
wi' sabres in their hand
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Salute once more these men of yore
Who were to conscionce true
And give their blood in t'common good
On t'fields o'Peterloo
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I think it was Harvey Kershaw who put the poem to music. The Oldham Tinkers have been singing it for years around the folk clubs.