Riots in Torquay
The harvest was so poor
The price of bread it would soar
The potato crop and failed
Hope for the poor had not prevailed
There were riots in Torquay
In Union street like an angry sea
It was Eighteen Forty Seven
Great discontent for the poor in Devon
The price of bread so high
Could this the baker justify
A mob in Union street
The Constables had to defeat
There were riots in Torquay
In Union street like an angry sea
It was Eighteen Sixty Seven
Great discontent for the poor in Devon
A sharp rise in the price of bread
Led to a riot the newspaper said
It was bonfire night when the shops were trashed
Broken into, ransacked, trashed and smashed
The price of bread it would soar
The potato crop and failed
Hope for the poor had not prevailed
There were riots in Torquay
In Union street like an angry sea
It was Eighteen Forty Seven
Great discontent for the poor in Devon
The price of bread so high
Could this the baker justify
A mob in Union street
The Constables had to defeat
There were riots in Torquay
In Union street like an angry sea
It was Eighteen Sixty Seven
Great discontent for the poor in Devon
A sharp rise in the price of bread
Led to a riot the newspaper said
It was bonfire night when the shops were trashed
Broken into, ransacked, trashed and smashed
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Writer(s): Ian Churchward
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