Band of Common Folk, by Nasty Fishmonger

Band of Common Folk

by Nasty Fishmonger

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Geoffrey Lugg Saw you at InCider in Weston-super-Mare and pre-ordered the album on the strength of that. “Tallulah” is a great track and was really good live. Can’t get to the album launch gig but hope you have a great night. Favorite track: Tallulah (Feat Dan Booth).

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1.	57,000 01:44		buy track
2.	DNR (Feat Bobbi QELD) 04:02	lyrics	buy track
Oh they say we're all born equal, but that line soon comes clear When you have to fight for everything that you hold dear A life that’s full of promise is not that much to ask Instead they leave you lying, dying, battered in the dust The hand that's meant to help you, oh it turns away instead Raises untold barriers, processes filled with dread They sit there in their judgement telling you that you’re not ill You’re just another scrounger one more name that's off the bill They don't care about your life They don't care about your care As long as it's not them they’ll be completely unaware Coz money is as money does And it draws a budget line You’re just numbers on a spreadsheet You fade away in time Do not, do not, do not Resuscitate Do not, do not, do not Resuscitate Do not (do not), do not (do not), do not Resuscitate Do not, do not, do not (Resuscitate) There are things you take for granted that break me up inside Basic human decency should not be hard to find But if you don't have a toilet or a hoist that I can use Then yet again it's me, the one that’s got to lose They don't care about your life They don't care about your care As long as it's not them they’ll be completely unaware Coz money is as money does And it draws a budget line You’re just numbers on a spreadsheet You fade away in time Do not, do not, do not Resuscitate Do not, do not, do not Resuscitate Do not (do not), do not (do not), do not Resuscitate Do not, do not, do not (Resuscitate) We're dying in our thousands, yeah we're dying in our droves Still they turn and say that it’s the way it has to go You’ve got to pay the Piper, got to balance up the books And all the while they let another fat cat off the hook They don't care about your life They don't care about your care As long as it's not them they’ll be completely unaware Coz money is as money does And it draws a budget line You’re just numbers on a spreadsheet You fade away in time Just another number on their spreadsheets, dead peak NHS cuts just fucked up your bedsheets Red meat to a Tory broadsheet editor Prejudiced eugenicists who want you on a register DNR, DNR, seeing our people are Being starved, ceasing our beating hearts It’s fascist when they’re hoping we give up Dyspraxic so they think that I’ll slip up Listen you’ll find there’s no time for the visiting We’re rising up like the prices of insulin ADHD, won’t prescribe em with ritalin ACAB, that’s the swine and the pig in him Knowing our state just creates disabilities Paraplegic off of their paramilitaries Captains of industry, facing a mutiny DNR: disabled and revolutionary They don't care about your life They don't care about your care As long as it's not them they’ll be completely unaware Coz money is as money does And it draws a budget line You’re just numbers on a spreadsheet They don't care about your life They don't care about your care As long as it's not them they’ll be completely unaware Coz money is as money does And it draws a budget line You’re just numbers on a spreadsheet You fade away in time. Do not, do not, do not Resuscitate Do not, do not, do not Resuscitate Do not (do not), do not (do not), do not Resuscitate Do not, do not, do not
3.	Kill The Bill 03:52	lyrics	buy track
Well, a wicked jungle sound system and banging samba band Has all been overshadowed by a burning police van It was vital protest action, standing up for what is right And only one group there that day came dressed up for a fight (Their shirts were blue and their boots were black and they went on the attack) Turn off the BBC Don’t listen to what they sell ya Don’t get your information off A rich cunt from Australia And if you ask me Is this democracy? I don’t know what I’d tell ya (Kill the bill, kill the bill, kill the bill) Well coming after travellers first’s what fascist regimes do Once under lock and key, they’ll be coming for you too It shouldn’t be a crime to lead a different way of life But it will be if we don’t see the toffs off with a fight (Stand your ground, stand your ground, no fucking pasaran) Turn off the BBC Don’t listen to what they sell ya Don’t get your information off A rich cunt from Australia And if you ask me Is this democracy? I don’t know what I’d tell ya So turn off the BBC Do not listen to what they tell you Don’t get your information off a rich cunt from Australia and If you ask me Is this democracy? I don’t know what I’d tell ya Turn off the BBC Don’t listen to what they sell ya Don’t get your information off A rich cunt from Australia And if you ask me Is this democracy? I don’t know what I’d tell ya (Kill the bill, kill the bill, kill the bill)
4.	Out to Sea 03:25	lyrics	buy track
It’s dark when I leave for work and dark when I return Heavy eyes, dry throat and telephone burn This is no kinda life for someone like me I’d rather be a sailor out upon the open sea Out across the ocean, so far from the shore I leave the suits behind they don’t control me anymore With no obligations and the freedom to decide I just follow the winds and the flowing tide I said away, hey, I’m going out to sea Some place they’ll never find me Away, hey, oh I wanna be Free to be the man I wanna be Well I clock off in the morning at a quarter to five The sun rises too early in the summertime I sell my soul in exchange for food and wine Longing to escape this life of mine Well out across the ocean, living without a care Rum in my belly and the wind in my hair Oh can’t you see, this is how I wanna be So raise the anchor, hoist the sails and set me free I said away, hey, I’m going out to sea Some place they’ll never find me Away, hey, oh I wanna be Free to be the man I wanna be I said away, hey, I’m going out to sea Some place they’ll never find me Away, hey, oh I wanna be Free to be the man I wanna be I said away, hey, I’m going out to sea Some place they’ll never find me Away, hey, oh I’m gonna be Free to be the man I wanna be Free to be the man I wanna be Free to be the man I wanna be
5.	Jailbreaker 02:41	lyrics	buy track
Now gather round and hear the song of good old Jack the Lad This slippery son ensnared by none, he never could be had Four times they tried to lock him up, four times he did escape His reputation flourished every time he got away, they named him Jailbreaker Jailbreaker First time he went up to the roof, then down onto the ground The sound of bars and timbers breaking woke the folk around Still clapped in irons, he went and joined the crowd Watching his own escape, he pointed to the clouds and shouted Jailbreaker Jailbreaker With lovely Lyon by his side, he soon escaped again But lovely Lady Lyon was a tricksy little friend She turned Jack in to Johnny Wild but had a change of heart She dressed Jack up in frocks and skirts, he surely looked the part, he was a Jailbreaker Jailbreaker Final time, he showed the gaolers just how it was done He slipped his bonds before their eyes, by golly, they were stunned They tightened up his cuffs and said we’ve got you, Jacky son He bowed his head and smiled a smile, he never would be done He broke his chains and crawled up through the chapel’s holy floor And then he burst his way through six or seven mighty doors Just as if to spite them, he went back down to his hold To grab himself a blanket to protect him from the cold He was a cunning, quick and crafty, captivating little con A sneaky, sleazy sinner who’d confess he did no wrong Well connected, discontented when put under key and lock He said I am the shepherd, and the gaolers are my flock, I am a Jailbreaker Jailbreaker Jailbreaker
6.	Tallulah (Feat Dan Booth) 03:41	lyrics	buy track
Oh, Tallulah, you take me where I wanna go, Tallulah Through the sleet and snow Oh, Tallulah, you take me where I wanna go Oh, the bane of Network Rail She’s three wheels of freedom Riding down the old pathway A purple speed-demon, tricycle liberator It’s not a trike to me, it’s my mobility That gets me round like able-bodied folks Oh, Tallulah, you take me where I wanna go, Tallulah Through the sleet and snow Oh, Tallulah, you take me where I wanna go Oh, the bane of Network Rail Now I’m proud to be disabled but I don’t need a chair It’s not really practical for me Instead my purple tricycle fits me to a tee She’s my strong and stabilised steed Oh, Tallulah, you take me where I wanna go, Tallulah Through the sleet and snow Oh, Tallulah, you take me where I wanna go Oh, the bane of Network Rail These wheels smash fascists and ableist wankers Just like that man upon the street Who thinks he can question my disability Just because I’m up on my feet Oh, Tallulah, you take me where I wanna go, Tallulah Through the sleet and snow Oh, Tallulah, you take me where I wanna go Oh, the bane of Network Rail Now I know that you’re not perfect Your handlebars are fucked Your brakes are on the fritz again and the chain keeps falling off But even when you send me arse over tit I’m just really glad that you’re here Oh, Tallulah, you take me where I wanna go, Tallulah Through the sleet and snow Oh, Tallulah, you take me where I wanna go Oh, the bane of Network Rail Oh, Tallulah, you take me where I wanna go, Tallulah Through the sleet and snow Oh, Tallulah, you take me where I wanna go Oh, the bane of Network Rail Oh, the bane of Network Rail GET ON YOUR TRIKES AND RIDE! Oh, won’t you take me home tonight Oh, riding on my purple trike Oh, you’re gonna let me on that train Oh, the bane of Network Rail Oh, won’t you take me home tonight Oh, riding on my purple trike Oh, you’re gonna let me on that train Oh, the bane of Network Rail Oh, the bane of Network Rail
7.	Unknown Sailor 03:49	lyrics	buy track
Making his way down to Portsmouth from London He met three young men in the cold A kind-hearted man, he broke bread with the strangers But oh how the night would unfold As darkness closed in and the path was deserted The strangers’ intent was to kill They stripped him, and robbed him, and sliced the man’s throat And left him to die on the hill It’s the tale of the Unknown Sailor Remembered for how he was killed And cursed be the man who dares wander alone With the ghosts of Hindhead hill Their crime soon discovered, swift justice was sought For the innocent man they betrayed As sun rose before them, the butchers were captured A life for a life must be paid As a warning to all who would dare pass that way The strangers were hung up in chains Left there to starve and to rot on the hillside Their bonds till this day still remain It’s the tale of the Unknown Sailor Remembered for how he was killed And cursed be the man who dares wander alone With the ghosts of Hindhead hill Hundreds of years may have passed since that night But the curse on that land shall not fail The rattling of chains can be heard through the night And a soft, yet tormented soul’s wail It’s the tale of the Unknown Sailor Remembered for how he was killed And cursed be the man who dares wander alone With the ghosts of Hindhead hill Tale of the Unknown Sailor Remembered for how he was killed And cursed be the man who dares wander alone Cursed be the man who dares wander alone Cursed be the man who dares wander alone With the ghosts of Hindhead hill
8.	Dacw Nghariad 03:01	lyrics	buy track
Dacw 'nghariad i lawr yn y berllan Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal O na bawn i yno fy hunan Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Dacw'r tŷ, a dacw'r 'sgubor Dacw ddrws y beudy'n agor Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Dacw’r dderwen wych ganghennog Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Golwg arni sydd dra serchog Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Mi arhosaf yn ei chysgod Nes daw 'nghariad i 'ngyfarfod Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Dacw'r delyn, dacw'r tannau Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Beth wyf gwell, heb neb i’w chwarae Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Dacw'r feinwen hoenus fanwl Beth wyf well heb gael ei meddwl Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal Tw rym di ro Radl didl dal
9.	Common Folk 04:12	lyrics	buy track
Now who would be a nurse while the NHS is beat Saving people’s lives while you can’t afford to eat Trying to warn the people who’s to blame for all the mess Ungrateful patients sit by as it’s sold to the US And who would take up teaching in the Britain of today With systematic bullying and stagnant rates of pay If future generations mean so little to the right Feels about time that we had a general strike So raise your voice and take to the streets If you want true democracy The people united will never be divided by their hand So brace for the attack And we can take our country back From liars and fascists and tyrants who think they own this land It’s time for common folk to take a stand Now who would even dare to take the pronoun of their choice While the cult of gender critical is silencing their voice They think they get to tell you who’s a woman or a man While working with the same groups that impose abortion bans It's more of the same nonsense that queer folx have always faced There’s truly nothing radical about your brand of hate If you call yourself feminist but shout down those who are trans You’re no better than a woman-hating man So raise your voice and take to the streets If you want true democracy The people united will never be divided by their hand So brace for the attack And we can take our country back From liars and fascists and tyrants who think they own this land It’s time for common folk to take a stand Who would even dare to cross the ocean waves Risking their lives to find a land they can feel safe Asking food and refuge to be told that there’s no space By a Tory-voting boomer with a sweaty gammon face So raise your voice and take to the streets If you want true democracy The people united will never be divided by their hand So brace for the attack And we can take our country back From liars and fascists and tyrants who think they own this land It’s time for common folk to take a stand Oh it’s time for common folk to take a stand Oh it’s time for common folk to take a stand Oh it’s time for common folk to take a stand
10.	Wheel of Time 04:28	lyrics	buy track
Oh, the wheel of time keeps turning, sure as the Severn seeks the shore And now the wind has taken me away from its mighty roar And I know one day I’ll turn west again and be greeted like a friend In a land I once called home and that I someday will again Out west there is a river that’ll take you to the sea If you’re looking for some loneliness then it’s sweet company You sit by the banks and watch the world go by But now that life has left me far behind Oh, the wheel of time keeps turning, sure as the Severn seeks the shore And now the wind has taken me away from its mighty roar And I know one day I’ll turn west again and be greeted like a friend In a land I once called home and that I someday will again I wander these lonely streets at night, looking at the stars Thinking of old friends and good times now gone And some days I wonder if we’ll ever meet again In this land, another, or somewhere in between Oh, the wheel of time keeps turning, sure as the Severn seeks the shore And now the wind has taken me away from its mighty roar And I know one day I’ll turn west again and be greeted like a friend In a land I once called home and that I someday will again And now I dock in a foreign land, so far from the roar Filled with a loneliness, like never was before And some days I think her calling out to me A voice that tells me one day to come back home again Oh, the wheel of time keeps turning, sure as the Severn seeks the shore And now the wind has taken me away from its mighty roar And I know one day I’ll turn west again and be greeted like a friend In a land I once called home and that I someday will again Oh, the wheel of time keeps turning, sure as the Severn seeks the shore And now the wind has taken me away from its mighty roar And I know one day I’ll turn west again and be greeted like a friend In a land I once called home and that I someday will again In a land I once called home and that I someday will again

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Band of Common Folk is the debut album from Nasty Fishmonger
produced by Luke Wheatley and Dan Booth from scene legends, Ferocious Dog.

The album marks a dramatic departure from the band’s previously all-acoustic sound, with the addition of new live members for a bigger, punk rock sound. However, songs like lead single Tallulah show they are still close to their folk roots. As ever, the songs cover topics close to their hearts, such as disability rights, queer liberation and the total disaster of austerity politics.

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released February 17, 2023

Produced, recorded and mixed by Luke Wheatley and produced by Dan Booth at Arch Audio ltd

Mastered by Grant Berry at Fader Mastering

Additional Lyrics in DNR by Bobbi QELD

Artwork by Lucie Arnoux Illustration

All songs, bar track 8, written by Nasty Fishmonger

Nasty Fishmonger are:
Callum Weston (guitars, banjo, vocals and drums)
Dan Wide (mandolin, bouzouki and vocals)
Liz Parker (vocals and whistles)
Fergus Turtle (bass)

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Nasty Fishmonger Bristol, UK

Nasty Fishmonger was formed with the grand ambition of getting into festivals for free. With that dream now realised, their debut album 'Band of Common Folk' is seeing the chaotic folk-punk collective ascend to ever greater heights. Foot-stomping folk anthems with earworm choruses and a riotous live show ensure that audiences everywhere are left with an insatiable hunger for the 'Fishmonger! ... more

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