The Rothersthorpe Bullet

from Rose of the Shires by Lew Bear

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My dear friend Stephen J Jennings told me this story about the home guard in Rothersthorpe and asked me to write a song about it.
He's now sadly passed on, but the song he inspired me to write will live on as long as I can manage to keep it going.

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Back in 1942 they formed the Rothersthorpe home guard
Didn't think the Nazis would ever get that far
So they gave every man in Rothersthorpe a gun
But as for bullets, well they had only one

Didn't think the Nazis would travel 'cross the land
But they might send a submarine straight up the canal
So they always kept a guard a posted on the lock
But there never was a swastika on the dock

Every man he had a gun but the trigger he can't pull it
Who would ever dare to fire the only Rothersthorpe Bullet

They kept a guard on both day and night
That lonely bullet gave the Nazis quite a fright
For though they attacked in London and the coast
They feared to take on Rothersthorpe's deadly host

Every man...

Then one day movement was spotted on a hill
Joe grabbed his rifle, his blood began to chill
Their defences had been tunnelled past
Joe set his sights, ready to fire at last

Every man...

They never dreamed of Nazis in the ground
As Joe took aim, his heart began to pound
Should he fire, should he trap it?
He pulled the trigger and he killed a Nazi rabbit

Joe took the rabbit down to the local pub
He planned to sell it to pay off his sub
The buyer took his prize and cycled off for home
Fell drunk in a ditch so Joe reclaimed his own

Every man he had a chance but only Joe did grab it
Now only Joe can eat a Nazi Rothersthorpe rabbit

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from Rose of the Shires, released February 25, 2022
Lew Bear/Lewis Robinson - vocals, guitars, music, lyrics and production
Duncan Bisatt - bass
Nick Ellison - violin

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