Biography:
Cyril Francis Tawney, folk revival singer and songwriter, naval historian and broadcaster: born Gosport, Hampshire 12 October 1930, married 1966 Rosemary Radmore; died Wonford, Devon 21 April 2005. Tawney was born into a naval family in Gosport, Hampshire, in 1930. He joined the Navy at 16 and spent 12 years in the service working as a naval artificer (electrician), in naval slang a "tiffy", hence Tawney's song drolly winkled out of a Shakespearian quote, "A Lean and Unwashed Tiffy".
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Cyril Tawney - If We Did To Their Daughters
[Intro]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Verse 1]
Cm Bb Cm
They're gnawin' at the moorland and they're nibblin' at the shore
Cm Bb Cm
There's scarce a week goes by without they've cornered something more
Cm Gm Bb Cm
It seems they've heard the proverb and they're taking its advice
Cm Bb Cm
If a loaf's already cut who's going to miss another slice
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
Cm Bb Cm
Every barricade in Bumbledom would bloomin' soon be manned
Cm Gm Bb Cm
And every dad in Whitehall would come marching gun in hand
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
[Interlude]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Verse 2]
Cm Bb Cm
Some men poach with rotted line and some men with a snare
Cm Bb Cm
But others do their poaching from a leather covered chair
Cm Gm Bb Cm
The gamekeeper is on their side likewise the legal men
Cm Bb Cm
And the squire he shrugs his shoulders in the halls of Number 10
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
Cm Bb Cm
Every barricade in Bumbledom would bloomin' soon be manned
Cm Gm Bb Cm
And every dad in Whitehall would come marching gun in hand
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
[Interlude]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Verse 3]
Cm Bb Cm
Make a mark upon that map, we mustn't be delayed
Cm Bb Cm
And pass across that rubber stamp there's progress to be made
Cm Gm Bb Cm
To hell with those petitions, we've no time to read 'em all
Cm Bb Cm
Just pack 'em up and stack 'em in the toilet down the hall
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
Cm Bb Cm
Every barricade in Bumbledom would bloomin' soon be manned
Cm Gm Bb Cm
And every dad in Whitehall would come marching gun in hand
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
[Interlude]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Verse 4]
Cm Bb Cm
There's twenty miles of shoreline in the town where I was born
Cm Bb Cm
But I won't walk around it 'til the willow bears a thorn
Cm Gm Bb Cm
They've left us scarce a quarter where a man can wander free
Cm Bb Cm
Yes, there's water, water everywhere but not for you and me
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
Cm Bb Cm
Every barricade in Bumbledom would bloomin' soon be manned
Cm Gm Bb Cm
And every dad in Whitehall would come marching gun in hand
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
[Interlude]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Verse 5]
Cm Bb Cm
The wealth of Britain seems to need a smoke infested sky
Cm Bb Cm
You can't have gold without the grime has always been the cry
Cm Gm Bb Cm
But I once met a country chap who opened up my eyes
Cm Bb Cm
The piggery's just as clean, he said, as him who tends the sty
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
Cm Bb Cm
Every barricade in Bumbledom would bloomin' soon be manned
Cm Gm Bb Cm
And every dad in Whitehall would come marching gun in hand
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
[Interlude]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Verse 6]
Cm Bb Cm
When our children come to curse us won't we all deserve our share
Cm Bb Cm
If we leave them with a legacy of diesel laden air
Cm Gm Bb Cm
Don't pass your rucksacks on to them, they'll have nowhere to hike
Cm Bb Cm
And they'll put on our old videos just to see what trees were like
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
Cm Bb Cm
Every barricade in Bumbledom would bloomin' soon be manned
Cm Gm Bb Cm
And every dad in Whitehall would come marching gun in hand
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
[Interlude]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Intro]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Verse 1]
Cm Bb Cm
They're gnawin' at the moorland and they're nibblin' at the shore
Cm Bb Cm
There's scarce a week goes by without they've cornered something more
Cm Gm Bb Cm
It seems they've heard the proverb and they're taking its advice
Cm Bb Cm
If a loaf's already cut who's going to miss another slice
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
Cm Bb Cm
Every barricade in Bumbledom would bloomin' soon be manned
Cm Gm Bb Cm
And every dad in Whitehall would come marching gun in hand
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
[Interlude]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Verse 2]
Cm Bb Cm
Some men poach with rotted line and some men with a snare
Cm Bb Cm
But others do their poaching from a leather covered chair
Cm Gm Bb Cm
The gamekeeper is on their side likewise the legal men
Cm Bb Cm
And the squire he shrugs his shoulders in the halls of Number 10
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
Cm Bb Cm
Every barricade in Bumbledom would bloomin' soon be manned
Cm Gm Bb Cm
And every dad in Whitehall would come marching gun in hand
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
[Interlude]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Verse 3]
Cm Bb Cm
Make a mark upon that map, we mustn't be delayed
Cm Bb Cm
And pass across that rubber stamp there's progress to be made
Cm Gm Bb Cm
To hell with those petitions, we've no time to read 'em all
Cm Bb Cm
Just pack 'em up and stack 'em in the toilet down the hall
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
Cm Bb Cm
Every barricade in Bumbledom would bloomin' soon be manned
Cm Gm Bb Cm
And every dad in Whitehall would come marching gun in hand
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
[Interlude]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Verse 4]
Cm Bb Cm
There's twenty miles of shoreline in the town where I was born
Cm Bb Cm
But I won't walk around it 'til the willow bears a thorn
Cm Gm Bb Cm
They've left us scarce a quarter where a man can wander free
Cm Bb Cm
Yes, there's water, water everywhere but not for you and me
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
Cm Bb Cm
Every barricade in Bumbledom would bloomin' soon be manned
Cm Gm Bb Cm
And every dad in Whitehall would come marching gun in hand
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
[Interlude]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Verse 5]
Cm Bb Cm
The wealth of Britain seems to need a smoke infested sky
Cm Bb Cm
You can't have gold without the grime has always been the cry
Cm Gm Bb Cm
But I once met a country chap who opened up my eyes
Cm Bb Cm
The piggery's just as clean, he said, as him who tends the sty
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
Cm Bb Cm
Every barricade in Bumbledom would bloomin' soon be manned
Cm Gm Bb Cm
And every dad in Whitehall would come marching gun in hand
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
[Interlude]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
[Verse 6]
Cm Bb Cm
When our children come to curse us won't we all deserve our share
Cm Bb Cm
If we leave them with a legacy of diesel laden air
Cm Gm Bb Cm
Don't pass your rucksacks on to them, they'll have nowhere to hike
Cm Bb Cm
And they'll put on our old videos just to see what trees were like
[Chorus]
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
Cm Bb Cm
Every barricade in Bumbledom would bloomin' soon be manned
Cm Gm Bb Cm
And every dad in Whitehall would come marching gun in hand
Cm Bb Cm
If we did to their daughters what they're doing to our land
[Interlude]
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm Gm Bb
Cm
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