Many years back when these old oaks were young
Not long after the north men had come
A low and evil deed was done
In the dark of the New Forest
In the dark of the New Forest
From the shores of Normandy King William came
To Albee and fair king Harold to slay
With greed in his heart and a scuralous claim
He took the land for his own
He took the land for his own
Now John was a blacksmith an honest, old man
He raised up his children and he worked with his hands
And his family's forge in a patch of land
In the dark of the New Forest
In the dark of the New Forest
King William rode out after his victory
To ravage the land and his hunger to feed
For hunting ground in the Wessex street
He took the land for his own
He took the land for his own
But if you steal the land of an English man
Then you shall know this curse
Your firstborn son's warm blood will run
Upon the English earth
Now King William's son was called Rufus the Red
He took up the crown when his father was dead
And he roamed the hunting grounds in his stead
In the dark of the New Forest
In the dark of the New Forest
But John's curse, it called out and Lord Tirell 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
So if you steal the land of an English man
Then you shall know this curse
Your firstborn son's warm blood will run
Upon the English earth
Many years back when these old oaks were young
Not long after the north men had come
A low and evil deed was done
In the dark of the New Forest
In the dark of the New Forest
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