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On The Road To Freedom
The John Kirkpatrick Band
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On the fifteenth day of August in 1842
The people are out and marching and you'd be marching too
Marching into Hanley Town to show we shan't be beaten down
Chase the masters 'round and 'round, we're on the road to freedom
Oh, the police will not contain us in 1842
No righteous soul will blame us for they'd be marching too
The infantrymen are going to try
We'll leave them standing wondering why
We can't be stopped, we're flying so high on the road to freedom
Oh, there's more of us marching with every stride in 1842
The masters' doors we'll fling them wide and all go marching through
By Shelton Bridge we'll carry along, on to Stoke we'll take our song
Now we're marching thousand strong on the road to freedom
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We who are the labouring poor in 1842
Come hammering at the rich man's door as we go marching through
It's time they gave a decent share, time they saw the load we bear
Time we showed them how to care, we're on the road to freedom
Oh, we're marching away from slavery in 1842
From hunger and from poverty and you'd be marching too
We'll smash the shackles that hold us down
Smash the chains where we've been bound
Smash the masters to the ground on the road to freedom
On the fifteenth day of August in 1842
The people are out and marching and you'd be marching too
The taste of victory in the air, the soldiers only stand and stare
On the road to Burslem Square, on the road to freedom
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