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The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold

from Miracles For Beginners by Nick Harper

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I followed my father’s baggage train to the field of the cloth of gold
To try and lend some honour to the family name on the field of the cloth of gold
Am I to be denied my rightful claim on the field of the cloth of gold?

I rested across the valley with the vermin in the stable
About a million miles from the ermine and the sable
Where the fat king laughs out loud and mocks a sermon at his table
On the field of the cloth of gold

Well I puffed out my chest and I took a look around the field of the cloth of gold
I covered up my crest but left my colours unbound on the field of the cloth of gold
You’d never have guessed the amount of mad fools I found on the field of the cloth of gold

There were minstrels and mountebanks and harpers and clowns
Cudgelling the air with a riot of a sound
And jousting to the death for a tiny patch of ground
On the field of the cloth of gold

So the first day was done as the second day begun

When I spent my coin and I had my fun on the field of the cloth of gold
We split a line of elms in the midday sun on the field of the cloth of gold
No one ever said we were there to get anything done on the field of the cloth of gold

I tried my parley with the ladies, so fine and so fair
There was something going on, but there was wine a-going spare
And in the end I got blind drunk and they yelled, “What the hell is he doing here
On the field of the cloth of gold?”

So the second day was done
With a thumping head the third begun

I was with the smiths and the squires from the English shires on the field of the cloth of gold
Hoisting the good sir knight with their Archimedic wires on the field of the cloth of gold
He’s such a heavy weight it’s not just the horse that tires
On the field of the cloth of gold

I asked the king for his grace and his mercy
With a waft of his ring and cuff of lace he turned and cursed me
To a pretty French princess all rosy face and dainty curtsey
On the field of the cloth of gold

And the third day was the last
The time flew by so
Those days on that field were the best
Yes yes yes!

Let the long flags flutter let the falcons fly above the field of the cloth of gold
Framed up against a beautiful day’s blue sky on the field of the cloth of gold
We must look pretty small from up there you and I on the field of the cloth of gold

So spare a thought for the goodly folk chained up by poverty
But kings fortunes spent on tournaments can change the way you see
But on the whole I know where I would rather be
On the field of the cloth of gold

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from Miracles For Beginners, released August 31, 2016

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