A Man for All Seasons

Winter was long

In the King's troubled state

He prayed the Pope would avail

"If my wife can not

An heir for me make

Grant me divorce from hell"

But his answer came not

In a favourable way

Henry denied and disgraced

So he swore then to purge

Every Vatican trace

England would rise in its place

Dissolution tears down the monasteries

Reformation drives in the stake

Out of the madness

A man for all seasons

Discovers what

He covets costs

When love is lost

Routing, no sadness

No rhyme, just one reason

"Give me a son

For I have none

I won't let God get in my way"

Oh, in my way

Fifteen o nine (1509)

Was a moment in time

Tudor ascends to the throne

Henry would try

To establish his line

Legitimate heirs, to Rome

So made divorcees

Of Aragon and Cleeves

Beheaded Howard and Boleyn

Lady Seymour, she died

Only Parr would survive

Edward the sixth (VI) would be king

Dissolution tears down the monasteries

Reformation drives in the stake

Out of the madness

A man for all seasons

Discovers what

He covets costs

When love is lost

Routing, no sadness

No rhyme, just one reason

"Give me a son

For I have none

I won't let God get in my way"

Oh, in my way

Dissolution tears down the monasteries

Reformation drives in the stake

Church of England rises to majesty

Catholicism lies in its wake

Out of the madness

A man for all seasons

Discovers what

He covets costs

When love is lost

Routing, no sadness

No rhyme, just one reason

"Give me a son

Now I have one

I won't let God get in my way"