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When Henry marched five thousand men
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And then King Richard was slain
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Sir William Stanley took his crown
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All at the battle of Bosworth Plain
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The next heir in the Yorkist line
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Prince Edward was to the throne
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So Henry, by his own decree
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Into the tower the Prince was thrown
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Now Richard, he was dead and gone
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But the tale was just beginning
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In the fortunes of the baker's son
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And the story of the Scullion King
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[Verse]
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Now there was a most ambitious man
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A priest called Richard Simon
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Who plotted and devised a plan
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That could bring great rewards for him
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He said he'd found the noble prince
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That rumour spoke was free
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Instead it was the baker's son
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And he their future king shall be
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The people came to Dublin town
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Where the crown was given to him
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With an army for the baker's son
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In the story of the Scullion King
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[Verse]
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Then they sailed across the Irish sea
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But no support they'd find there
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From all those in the north country
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When they arrived at Lancashire
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Farewell to dreams of sovereignty
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And the power that it could bring
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In the fortunes of the baker's son
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And the story of the Scullion King
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[Verse]
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So down to Newark they did go
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Four thousand men he lost there
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Face to face with Henry's men
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And he was taken prisoner
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To spend all of his days to come
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Within the royal kitchen
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Was the fortune of the baker's son
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And the story of the Scullion King
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It was the fortune of the baker's son
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And the story of the Scullion King
[Outro]
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