Cropper Lads

Performed by:

Skelmanthorpe Primary School

Recorded in:

Skelmanthorpe

Recorded on:

01/05/2012

Recorded by:

Bryony Griffith

Genre:

Social History

Keywords:

Luddites,
Weavers

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Archival information

TYG:

148

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Master title:

Cropper Lads

Places Cited:

Skelmanthorpe,
Huddersfield

1
Come, cropper lads of great renown,
That loves to drink good ale that’s brown,
And strike each haughty tyrant down
With ’atchet, pike and gun.

Chorus
The cropper lads for me,
And gallant lads they’ll be,
With lusty stroke the shear frames broke,
The cropper lads for me.

2
Although the specials still advance,
And soldiers nightly round us prance,
The cropper lads still lead the dance,
With ’atchet, pike and gun.

Night after night when all is still,
And the moon is hid behind the hill,
We forward march to do our will,
With ’atchet, pike and gun.

4
Great Enoch he shall lead the van,
Stop him who dares, stop him who can,
Press forward every gallant man,
With ’atchet, pike and gun.

This is a contemporary song about Yorkshire.

This song was produced as part of a schools-based industrial heritage project - for more information see industrial-heritage.epip.org.uk/

TYG:

148

Key:

Time Signature:

Roud id:

Laws id:

Master title:

Cropper Lads

Places Cited:

Skelmanthorpe,
Huddersfield