The Butcher's Apron

from The Lie of the Land by James Bar Bowen + Band

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The Butcher's Apron is a nickname for the Union Jack (Butcher's in Britain traditionally wear blue and white stripes. Throw in a bit of blood, and there you have it...

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The Butcher’s Apron
Who’re the ones who wash the dishes, clean your tables, clean your toilets, mop your floors?
Who’re the ones who nurse the sick, nurse your aged, wipe their arses, dress their sores?
Who digs canals, digs the railways, digs the coal, the gold, the gardens, farms and more?
Who makes the cold cuts and the hot meals, warms your cold hearts, who’re your rentboys and your whores?

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Who flies the butcher’s apron? Who walks the trail of tears?

Who’re the ones who drive the wagons, trains and cranes and run the warehouse and the docks?
Who weaves the cloth, spins the yarn, picks the cotton for your sweatshop party frocks?
Who learns to kow-tow, to scrape and bow, receives a pittance along with setbacks and hard knocks
Who makes the cold-calls, runs the hotlines, makes you feel good, fakes their pleasure, sucks your cock?

Who’re the ones who dig the trenches, lay the barbed wire, and hold the line in endless wars?
Who’re the ones who police the empires, get down and dirty when it’s time to settle scores?
Who follows orders, breaches borders, a frontline force for powers corridors?
Who’s lost in action, fills the graveyards, and of course, whose name liveth for evermore?

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from The Lie of the Land, released April 8, 2019
James Bar Bowen

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James Bar Bowen Huddersfield, UK

Acoustic folk punk singer-songwriter with attitude. Award-winning songs to make you laugh, cry and rage.
Original, unusual, controversial, political, heart-felt, tear-jerking, angry, inspired, humorous, iconoclastic, sentimental, anti-fascist, engaging, intelligent ... more

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