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The Ballad Of Thomas Campion

from How Does Your Land Lie? by Nicky Swann

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From the second half of the eighteenth century underprivileged working families struggled to put food on their tables and starvation was a real possibility. This was due to a combination of static wages and appalling weather conditions which stifled food production; prices soared. Wheat costs were at a premium and some merchants were accused of holding back their supplies in order to inflate prices even more.
On the 13th April 1795 a group of local men decided to tackle the problem and organised a protest at Bellamarsh Mill. Vandalism of the mill ensued and as tempers flared a riot broke out. A militia detachment from Chudleigh was summoned to break up the protest and three men were later taken into custody. One those men was Thomas Campion a thirty year old blacksmith accused of being the ringleader. He was tried and hung on 6th August 1795.

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The Ballad of Thomas Campion
For one hundred years, pay unchanged
For a labouring man, a static wage
But rent and food continued to climb
The cost was high, the cost was high, the cost was high
The harvest wasn’t so good
The price of wheat went through the roof
The sellers held back on supply
The cost was high, the cost was high, the cost was high
Frustrations grew riots flared
Fundamental needs were denied there
A hostile troop rose from desperate men
The cost was high, the cost was high, the cost was high
A young man lost his life
A protest for change, but paid the price
They thought he was a leader of men
He swung so high, he swung so high, he swung so high

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from How Does Your Land Lie?, released December 12, 2012

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Award winning UK singer songwriter. Winner of Spiral Earth Best Original Song for 'Because of You' Her songs are rooted in human nature, history and her home in Devon.

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