《Background To History》是Monty Python演唱的歌曲，收錄於《Matching Tie And Handkerchief (Explicit)》專輯中。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Background To History
- 所屬專輯：Matching Tie And Handkerchief (Explicit)
- 歌曲原唱：Monty Python
- 發行日期：2006年01月01日
歌曲歌詞
One of the main elements in any assessment of the medieval open field farming system is the
Availability of plough teams for the winter plowing
A rocking beat starts and a 60s style folk rock song with some heavy caribbean influence begins
To plough once in the winter Sowing and again in Lent
Sowing with as many oxen
Sowing with as many oxen
As he shall have yoked in the plough
Oh yes
Oh yes
As he shall have yoked in the plough
Oh yes
Oh yes
Dramatic metal chords reminiscent of British punk or perhaps groups like Black Sabbath
Theeeeeere's ev I de ence
Theeeeeere's ev I de ence
There's evidence
Evidence
Evidence
Evidence
Evidence
Evidence
There's evidence
Evidence
Evidence of settlements with one long village street
Farmsteads hamlets little towns the framework was complete
By the tiiiiime
OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST
The rural framework was complete
Rur al
Frame work
Wa as
Com plete
I asked the Professor of Medieval studies at Cambridge why this was
Stuttering
Well I it may not have been a a statutory obligation but uh I mean uh a guy who was a freeman whuh was obliged in the medieval system to
There's an example ah from the village rolls ah in 1313
Pop beat sets in reminiscent of the Beatles in their later period but with some of the spastic quality of a Joe Cocker
Oh it's written in the village rolls
That if one plough team wants an oxen
And that oxen is lent
Then the villeins and the ploughmen got to have the loooord's consent
Yeah yeah
Then the villeins and the ploughmen got to have the lord's consent
Then the villeins and the ploughmen got to have the lord's consent
Then the villeins and the ploughmen got to have the lord's consent
Then the villeins and the ploughmen got to have the lord's consent
Then the villeins and the ploughmen got to have the lord's consent
Na na na na
Then the villeins and the ploughmen got to have the lord's consent
Na na na na
Then the villeins and the ploughmen got to have the lord's consent
Na na na na
Then the villeins and the ploughmen got to have the lord's consent
Then the villeins and the ploughmen got to have the lord's consent
That was a talk on the open field farming system by Professor Angus Jones
Some of the main points covered in this talk are
Now available on a long playing record entitled The Ronettes Sing Medieval Agrarian History
