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Henry the first surnamed quot Beauclare quot	A
Lost his only son William at sea	B
So when Henry died it were hard to decide	A
Who his heir and successor should be	B
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There were two runners up for the title	C
His daughter Matilda was one	D
And the other a boy known as Stephen of Blois	B
His young sister Adela's son	D
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Matilda by right should have had it	A
Being daughter of him as were dead	A
But the folks wasn't keen upon having a queen	E
So they went and crowned Stephen instead	A
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This 'ere were a knockout for Tilda	A
The notion she could not absorb	F
To lose at one blow both the crown and the throne	G
To say naught of the sceptre and orb	F
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So she summoned her friends in t'West Country	B
From Bristol Bath Gloucester and Frome	H
And also a lot of relations from Scotland	A
Who'd come South and wouldn't go home	H
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The East Counties rallied round Stephen	D
Where his cause had support of the masses	B
And his promise of loot brought a lot of recruits	B
From the more intellectual classes	B
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The Country were split in two parties	B
In a manner you'd hardly believe	I
The West with a will shouted quot Up with Matilda quot	A
The East hollered Come along Steve	I
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The two armies met up in Yorkshire	J
Both leaders the same tactics tried	A
To each soldier they gave a big standard to wave	K
In hopes they'd impress t 'other side	A
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It were known as the battle o't Standard	A
Though no battling anyone saw	B
For with flags in their right hands the lads couldn't fight	A
And the referee called it a draw	B
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The next time they met were at Lincoln	D
Where Stephen were properly beat	A
At the end of the scrap he were led off a captive	L
With iron balls chained to his feet	A
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They took him in triumph to Tilda	A
Who assuming an arrogant mien	E
Snatched the Crown off his head and indignantly said	A
quot Take your 'at off in front of your Queen quot	A
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So Stephen were put in a dungeon	D
While Tilda ascended the throne	G
And reigned undisturbed for best part of a year	M
Till she looked on the job as her own	G
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But Stephen weren't beat by a long chalk	N
His plans for escape he soon made	A
For he found Tilda's troops were all getting fed up	O
Having heard that they wouldn't be paid	A
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So when Tilda got snowed up at Oxford	A
Where she'd taken to staying of late	A
She woke one fine morn to the sound of a horn	P
And found Stephen outside her front gate	A
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Her troops gone her castle surrounded	A
She saw she hadn't a chance	B
So the ground being white she escaped in her nightie	A
And caught the next packet for France	B
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She didn't do badly at finish	Q
When everything's weighed up and reckoned	A
For when Stephen was gone the next heir to the throne	G
Were Matilda's son Henry the second	A

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