When Christ and His Saints Slept
For Matilda or Stephen where do you stand
Anarchy and civil war has plagued our land
The earth is ravaged crops cannot grow
In warfare how you reap what you sow
With civil war nobody wins
God has abandoned us for our sins
Oh how the monks lamented and wept
In England when Christ and his saints slept
The rich man thinks himself a king
Like locusts illegal castles did spring
To private warfare the nobles soon fell
The poor they oppressed they made their lives hell
With civil war nobody wins
God has abandoned us for our sins
Oh how the monks lamented and wept
In England when Christ and his saints slept
Hugh Mortimer For King Stephen stood true
At Wigmore the King's banners he flew
But loyalty is such a fickle thing
Hugh's allies deserted him and their King
With civil war nobody wins
God has abandoned us for our sins
Oh how the monks lamented and wept
In England when Christ and his saints slept
With the death of Stephen there is a new king
For peace in our land the church bells will ring
Now that the anarchy comes to an end
King Henry the Second I do now commend
King Henry the Second I do now commend
Anarchy and civil war has plagued our land
The earth is ravaged crops cannot grow
In warfare how you reap what you sow
With civil war nobody wins
God has abandoned us for our sins
Oh how the monks lamented and wept
In England when Christ and his saints slept
The rich man thinks himself a king
Like locusts illegal castles did spring
To private warfare the nobles soon fell
The poor they oppressed they made their lives hell
With civil war nobody wins
God has abandoned us for our sins
Oh how the monks lamented and wept
In England when Christ and his saints slept
Hugh Mortimer For King Stephen stood true
At Wigmore the King's banners he flew
But loyalty is such a fickle thing
Hugh's allies deserted him and their King
With civil war nobody wins
God has abandoned us for our sins
Oh how the monks lamented and wept
In England when Christ and his saints slept
With the death of Stephen there is a new king
For peace in our land the church bells will ring
Now that the anarchy comes to an end
King Henry the Second I do now commend
King Henry the Second I do now commend
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Writer(s): Ian Churchward
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