UPTON BRIDGE

Chorus 1	For she is my own true darlin, & I am, I am hers.
	Yes she is my own true darlin, & I am, I am hers.

It would take a battalion of Royalists & everyone of Cromwells crew,
To defeat my all conquering love for the woman who dresses in blue.
Yes she is fine & I will have her mine when the fighting & wars are through 
	Chorus 1

To support the Royalist cause now, off I march to the war,
Leaving my dear Nancy here fair makes me own heart sore.
But to fight for the King & the joy it will bring, gladdens her heart more 
	Chorus 1

’Twas not just the battle for Upton Bridge we lost that August day,
Many of General Massey’s men lay motionless in the hay,
And mine was one of the lives that were gone, to please my fiancee. 

Chorus 2	For she was my own true darlin, & I was, I was hers.
	Yes she was my own true darlin, & I was, I was hers.

Well now I reside in heaven, along with those who were slain
The only comfort that it gives I’ll n’ere see Nancy again
For she is wed and there’s no more to be said about her roundhead swain. 
	Chorus 2
	For she was my own true darlin, & I was, I was hers.


	The battle of Upton Bridge   August 29th 1651 was pivotal to the success of the Battle of Worcester (Sep 3rd) in that it allowed the parliamentarians access to both sides of the river.

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