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Brave Dudley Boys 
Brave Dudley Boys 
In the days of good queen Bess Yah boys, ho In the days of good queen Bess Yah boys, ho In the days of good queen Bess Conventry out done their best Yah boys, ho boys, oh the brave Dudley boys 
But in the times a be, We've outdone Coventry 
Tipp'n lads, they did us join And we fought the strong combine 
We marched into town Resolved to burn the 'ousen down 
Times, they was mighty queer Vittles, they was powerful dear 
So we fought to make corn cheap We burned them all, of a heap 
But the work was scarce begun When the soldiers came and spoilt the fun 
We all run down our pits Scared almost out of our wits 
God bless Lord Dudley Ward He knowed the times been hard 
He called back the soldier men And we'll never riot again 
Roy Palmer, Songs of the Midlands (1972) BR