Steeleye Span – The Story Of The Scullion King (Guitar)

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When Henry marched five thousand men

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And then King Richard was slain

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Sir William Stanley took his crown

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All at the battle of Bosworth Plain

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The next heir in the Yorkist line

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Prince Edward was to the throne

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So Henry, by his own decree

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Into the tower the Prince was thrown

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Now Richard, he was dead and gone

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But the tale was just beginning

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In the fortunes of the baker's son

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And the story of the Scullion King

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Now there was a most ambitious man

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A priest called Richard Simon

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Who plotted and devised a plan

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That could bring great rewards for him

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He said he'd found the noble prince

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That rumour spoke was free

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Instead it was the baker's son

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And he their future king shall be

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The people came to Dublin town

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Where the crown was given to him

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With an army for the baker's son

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In the story of the Scullion King

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Then they sailed across the Irish sea

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But no support they'd find there

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From all those in the north country

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When they arrived at Lancashire

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Farewell to dreams of sovereignty

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And the power that it could bring

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In the fortunes of the baker's son

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And the story of the Scullion King

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So down to Newark they did go

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Four thousand men he lost there

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Face to face with Henry's men

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And he was taken prisoner

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To spend all of his days to come

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Within the royal kitchen

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Was the fortune of the baker's son

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And the story of the Scullion King

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It was the fortune of the baker's son

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And the story of the Scullion King