Refugee
John Thorpe
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I am a poor immigrant I'm a stateless refugee I've had to leave my native land in search of liberty With my family and my comrades I've sailed from Rotterdam And I've landed at the Port of Tyne in the north of England Religious persecution was the reason that I ran A rebel in the eyes of Rome, denied the rights of man It's 1687 in the year of Our Lord And there's men here in Newcastle want me to make my swords My name is Adam Oley I'm a cutler to my trade And I bear with me the secret of the hollow blade I vowed an oath of silence and this I'll not betray I gave my word in Solingnen in the land of Germany To bring my trade to England in truth I was induced To arm King James' soldiers with the swords I do produce The foreign wars are raging and my skills are in demand There's not a man can match my blades in all of England So without hesitation I've wandered far and wide And I've made my home at Shotley Bridge down by the Derwent-side It's here I'll carry out my trade away from prying eyes And make my blades the colour of the north-west Durham skies There's water here to power the forge, the hammers and the mills There's iron ore from Berry Edge and down to Hownes Gill I'll build a smelting furnace and I'll dig for grindstone grit Burn charcoal from the woods around and coal from Chopwell pit I can't go back to Germany it grieves my heart full-sore I'll live my life in exile all upon this foreign shore Likewise my three companions, there's Bertram, Vooz and Mole May God above, in all his love have mercy on my soul You'll remember me in years to come down by the river's edge Above my door in Wood Street you will find a stone-carved pledge And when my fame has spread afar beyond the valley's ridge You'll remember Adam Oley making swords at Shotley Bridge
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