[Intro | chopped lute loop | hard drum pickup] [Voice 1 | spoken] Good morrow! [Voice 2 | shouted] WHO TOOK MY TURNIP? [Voice 3 | shouted] CHECK THE GOAT! [All] HEY! [Verse 1 | fast tag-team rap | swung groove] [Voice 1] Up with the rooster before the sun [Voice 2] Already working— [Voice 3] And the day's begun! [Voice 1] Mud on the boot and straw in the hair [Voice 2] Lord owns the field— [Voice 3] BUT I'M STANDING THERE! [All] HEY! [Voice 1] Hoe in my hand, got rye to cut [Voice 2] Roof got a hole— [Voice 3] Door won't shut! [Voice 1] Porridge at breakfast, porridge at night [Voice 2] Different wooden bowl— [All] THAT'S DINING RIGHT! [Instrumental hit | lute stutter] [Voice 3] Pig in the yard thinks he's in charge [Voice 1] Tiny little tyrant living extra large [Voice 2] Goat ate my sleeve— [Voice 3] AGAIN? [Voice 2] That's right! [Voice 1] That goat and me gonna have words tonight [All] HEY! [Pre-Hook | drums build | horn stabs] Bread! [All] CHECK! Ale! [All] CHECK! Bucket! [All] CHECK! [Voice 2] Pail? [Voice 3] QUESTIONABLE! [Hook | shouted group rap | full beat] MUD ON MY BOOTS! [All] HEY! RYE IN THE BIN! [All] HEY! SUN COMES UP— WE DO IT AGAIN! MUD ON MY BOOTS! [All] HO! ALE IN MY CUP! [All] HO! TAX MAN COMING— DRINK IT ALL UP! [Beat break | chopped lute | recorder cuts] [Voice 1 | spoken] Fiscal planning. [Voice 2] Peasant style. [Voice 3] Extremely short-term. [Verse 2 | fast tag-team rap | bass viol groove] [Voice 1] Walk to the market feeling high class [Voice 2] Three whole onions— [Voice 3] MAKE WAY, LET ME PASS! [Voice 1] Two fresh eggs and a half-pound cheese [Voice 2] Merchant said, "Four." [Voice 3] Three, if you please. [Voice 2] Five! [Voice 1] Three! [Voice 2] Four! [Voice 3] DONE! [Voice 1] Throw in the turnip— [All] NOW WE'RE HAVING FUN! [Instrumental cut | shawm stab] [Voice 2] Miller takes grain [Voice 3] Landlord takes rent [Voice 1] Church takes a tithe [Voice 2] Where my money went? [Voice 3] Started with ten— [Voice 1] Now I got two! [Voice 2] One for me— [Voice 3] And one for the ewe! [All] HEY! [Voice 1] Got me a bench and a fire that draws [Voice 2] One wooden spoon [Voice 3] And a dog with no laws [Voice 1] He stole my supper [Voice 2] He growled at me twice [Voice 3] BEST GUARD IN THE VILLAGE— [All] AND THE PRICE IS RIGHT! [Hook | shouted group rap | heavier beat] MUD ON MY BOOTS! [All] HEY! RYE IN THE BIN! [All] HEY! SUN COMES UP— WE DO IT AGAIN! MUD ON MY BOOTS! [All] HO! ALE IN MY CUP! [All] HO! TAX MAN COMING— DRINK IT ALL UP! [Breakdown | hurdy-gurdy chop | drum stutters] [Voice 1] I got no castle! [All] DON'T NEED ONE! [Voice 2] I got no horse! [All] WE FEED ONE! [Voice 3] I got no silver! [All] GOT TWO BEANS! [Voice 1] Diversified holdings— [All] BY PEASANT MEANS! [Drum cut] [Voice 2] One bean short-term. [Voice 3] One bean long-term. [Voice 1] That's finance. [All] HEY! [Verse 3 | rapid tag-team rap | punchy groove] [Voice 1] Winter comes knocking, stack that wood [Voice 2] Smoke in the rafters— [Voice 3] LIKE A GOOD HOUSE SHOULD! [Voice 1] Everybody packed by the fire real tight [Voice 2] Six in one room— [Voice 3] CENTRAL HEAT, RIGHT? [Instrumental hit] [Voice 1] Lord rides by with a feathered hat [Voice 2] Wave real nice— [Voice 3] HE DON'T WAVE BACK! [Voice 1] That's all right, let the nobleman roam [Voice 2] We got turnips! [Voice 3] Friends! [All] AND A MOSTLY DRY HOME! [Beat break | sackbut stabs | lute cuts] [Bridge | vocal trading | drum stutters] [Voice 1] WORK! [Voice 2] EAT! [Voice 3] SLEEP! [All] REPEAT! [Voice 1] WORK! [Voice 2] EAT! [Voice 3] SLEEP! [All] REPEAT! [Hard instrumental hit] [Voice 1] Rent! [All] OW! [Instrumental hit] [Voice 2] Tithe! [All] OW! [Instrumental hit] [Voice 3] Mud! [All] HEY! [Instrumental hit] [Voice 1] Ale! [All] NOW WE'RE TALKING! [Drum fill | full groove returns] [Final Hook | huge group chant | full beat] MUD ON MY BOOTS! [All] HEY! RYE IN THE BIN! [All] HEY! SUN COMES UP— WE DO IT AGAIN! MUD ON MY BOOTS! [All] HO! ALE IN MY CUP! [All] HO! TAX MAN COMING— DRINK IT ALL UP! MUD ON MY BOOTS! HAY IN MY BED! WORKED ALL DAY— [All] STILL TECHNICALLY FED! MUD ON MY BOOTS! RAISE THAT CUP! PEASANT LIFE— [All] WE'RE MOVING ON UP! [Outro | chopped lute | staggered voices] [Voice 1] Economically? [Voice 2] No. [Voice 3] Socially? [Voice 1] Also no. [All] HEY! [Hard stop]
