Steeleye Span - White Man lyrics
[Steeleye Span - White Man lyrics]
Knight
Some sing of their glory
Few tell the true story
Most men they don't need it
White man he kills for it
They took to the seas
Searching for a land that
They could call Paradise
Stealing the breeze that carried
Them towards the sun
With lust in their eyes and
A gun in their hand
They said we've found Paradise
Think of the glory look at
The prize we've won we know who they were
They were the ones who killed their brothers
To steal from others we know who they were
They were the ones whose sons and daughters
Are doing it still
And in their hearts what did they feel?
Did they think they had the right to steal
Another man's land who had no name?
O they didn't think he'd feel the pain
So they sailed away from their own country
To another man's land far across the sea
And they stole that land
From the people there
And they called that land Australia
Why did he do it white Man?
They sailed away one winter's day
To a sunlit land that was far away
And they stole that land
From the people there
And they called that land America
Some sing of their glory
Few tell the true story
Most men they don't need it
White man he kills for it
They took to the seas
Searching for a land that
They could call Paradise
Stealing the breeze that carried
Them towards the sun
With lust in their eyes and
A gun in their hand
They said we've found Paradise
Think of the glory look at
The prize we've won we know who they were
They were the ones who killed their brothers
To steal from others we know who they were
They were the ones whose sons and daughters
Are doing it still
And in their hearts what did they feel?
Did they think they had the right to steal
Another man's land who had no name?
O they didn't think he'd feel the pain
So they sailed away from their own country
To another man's land far across the sea
And they stole that land
From the people there
And they called that land Australia
Why did he do it white Man?
They sailed away one winter's day
To a sunlit land that was far away
And they stole that land
From the people there
And they called that land America