3.21.104.201 A Toast to a Field of Turnips

A Toast to a Field of Turnips

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1906. A Toast to a Field of Turnips

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Here's a toast to the

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castle

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Here's a toast to the king

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Here's a toast to the

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herald

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and the message he

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brings

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Here's a toast to the

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nobles

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and to the noblemen's

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wives

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And here's to the

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soldiers

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who give up their

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lives

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And here's to the

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craftsmen

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who make the

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shields

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And here's to the

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pesants

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who toil in the

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fields

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And here's to the

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turnips

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which they grow for their

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lord

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And here';s to the

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blacksmiths

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who make the

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swords

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And here's to the

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scounderls

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and here's to the

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knaves

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and here's to the

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priest

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who says prayers at the

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graves

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And here's to the

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monks

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chanting their

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prayers

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and to the

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inkeeper

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pouring out

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beer

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And here's to the

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harlots

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who the soldiers

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abuse

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and here's to the

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jugglers

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and the folks they

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amuse

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And here's to the

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milkmaids

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and to the cows that they

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milk

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And the nobleman's

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daughters

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and to their lace and their

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silk

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And here's to the

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buglar

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and here's to the

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knights

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and here's to the

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archers

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and to the soldiers who

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fight

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And here's a toast to the

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children

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who watched THEIR father's

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leave

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And to their mothers, now

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widows

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who will endlessly

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grieve

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And here's to the

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jester

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who mocks the king in his

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tower

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saying all war is

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folly

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and who speaks truth to

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power

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Saying a field is just

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dirt

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and turnips are

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cheap

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but a man's life is

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precious

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to his loved ones who

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weep

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And here's to the

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horsemen

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and to the squires by their

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sides

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and here's to the

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horses

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on which the knights

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ride

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And here's to the

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maidens

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who take the boys by the

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hand

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saying: You can't die a

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virgin

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in some dispute over

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land

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And here's to their love

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making

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in a bed of

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straw

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on the eve of

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departure

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when they'll go off to

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war

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And here's to the

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moon

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in the night

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sky

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beneath which they lie

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naked

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to say their

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goodbyes

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And here's to the

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beggars

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crippled by

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war

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who lost a limb in the

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battle

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and won't fight no

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more

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And here's to the

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weaver who

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commemorates those who

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fall

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in a tapestry

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hanging

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in the king's

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hall

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And here's to the

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minstrells

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who remember in

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song

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the fury of

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battle

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and the men who were

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strong

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And here's to the

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nurses

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and here's to the

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nuns

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who tend those who were

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wounded

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by primitive

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guns

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And here's to the

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cobbler

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who makes the soldier's

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shoes

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and to the

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congregation

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who pray in the

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pews

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And here's to the

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victors

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and here's to the

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foes

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And here's to the

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fletcher

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who makes arrows and

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bows

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And here's to the

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men

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who died in the

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war

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and who never did

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know

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that they were fighting

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for

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a feudal lord's

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rage

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a nobleman's

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pride

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over a field of

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turnips

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for which a thousand men

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died

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So here's a toast to the

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castle

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Here's a toast to the

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king

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Here's a toast to the

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graveyard

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and to the church bells that

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ring

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Here's a toast to the

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thousand

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men who did

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fall

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and to the field of

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turnips

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that started it

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all

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