THE BUTCHER BARONET Welcome to this city So steeped in history We’ll follow the trail of bold John Duck So cloaked in mystery Step into his buckle shoes Come along with me We’ll raise a glass then raise him up Out of obscurity From Fleshergate he was cast out By the Butchers’ Guild it seems They sought to put an end To all his hopes and dreams But all poor determined dreamers Will fight hard to defend Their dreams to go from rags to glory To the bitter end Paint yourself a picture For his likeness and his character Have slipped through History’s net John Duck who went from Butcher’s Boy To Butcher Baronet Here on Framwelgate Bridge he stood In a deep despondency Till a fateful raven woke him From his dark melancholy Would you have the drive to do What John Duck did then? Would you have the pluck To chance your luck? Would you turn and start again? Throw a coin into the air Watch it fall, see where it lands, Does your own luck reflect John Duck who went from Butcher’s Boy To Butcher Baronet? Here on Silver Street there stood His mansion on the hill But for disrepair and planners It would be here still We can now but imagine The view he must have seen Would all the works that he achieved Be part of that rich scene? Step into the Town Hall For he became the Mayor The Butchers’ Guild must all have been Tearing out their hair But when he arose as Sir John Duck It must have hurt them deeper still To see him made a Baronet At Haswell-on-the-Hill Take a leaf from his book Seize your luck and run with it And be just like him yet John Duck who went from Butcher’s Boy To Butcher Baronet We’ll repair at last To a pub named the John Duck We’ll raise a glass or two And another one for luck And then we’ll raise another Lest we all forget The man to whom this song is set The Butcher Baronet Paint yourself a picture For his likeness and his character Have slipped through History’s net John Duck who went from Butcher’s Boy To Butcher Baronet This man who went from Butcher’s Boy To Butcher Baronet (Gary Miller) © 2018 Whippet Records Copyright Control MCPS/PRS