In the Odstock Churchyard Lyrics

A shire horse stolen in Salisbury could have been the final straw

Lee should have hanged but he framed his father in law

Old man Scamp was a well-loved man, patriarch of the gypsies

Hundreds gathered for a sad farewell in the Odstock churchyard

The life of a man for the loss of a horse, a key in the lock for the life of a man

One year he'd been in the ground, the gypsies gathered for a party

Drank and covered his grave with flowers, at his feet they planted a yew tree

The tree grew fast and the tree grew tall: the vicar could not stand it

Tore its roots up from the ground in the Odstock churchyard

The life of a man for the loss of a horse, a key in the lock for the life of a man

Curses flew from Old Mother Lee's lips, you've preached your last sermon

The wardens sons won't farm his land and death unto the sexton

And when they barred her from the church, she hissed a final parting

Who dares lock this door will die in the Odstock Churchyard