Pentrich Rising

"Oh my name is William Turner

And my tale I’ll tell to thee

About the revolution in 1817

With Brandreth and Ludlam

And a band of fifty strong

With hundreds more to meet us

On the road as we march on

A night for revolution, a night to fight

A call to arms in England

All workers must unite

Tonight we march on Pentrich

with London in our sights

A night for revolution

All workers must unite

And then we fight

Little did we know there was a traitorous government spy

William J. Oliver a man I now despise

The Pentrich revolution was always doomed to fail

For high treason I was sentenced and hung in Derby jail"