Richard III from unentitled by John Gorka

Richard the Third
The last Plantagenet King
He had a hunch
He could do most anything

And a pretty good idea
What Henry Tudor would bring
To the Battle of Bosworth
The last Plantagenet King

Last king to die in battle
Last one in his line
Found in a shallow grave
Without a shroud or any box of pine

Loyal to brother King Edward
Maybe not to Edward’s sons
Bound to the Tower to perish
As one thread of the story runs

Footloose and fancy free
Buried in enemy ground
As victors tell the tale
Of double murder for the crown

Ending the Wars of the Roses
When Red rose to the throne
Maybe the truth’s been twisted
Like the form buried all alone

Some show cold discontent with what they’ve got
And simply will not accept their lot

Richard the Third
The last Plantagenet King
He had a hunch
He could do most anything

And a pretty good idea
What Henry Tudor would bring
To the Battle of Bosworth
The last Plantagenet King

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