John Tams 1987
Tams wrote a number of songs for plays he was involved with and this was one of them.
John Tams: John Tams – “Rolling Home”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppxPrmXoVcE
‘Round goes the wheel of fortune, don’t be afraid to ride, There’s a land of milk and honey waits on the other side; There’ll be peace and there’ll be plenty, you’ll never need to roam, When we go rolling home, when we go rolling home. Chorus Rolling home, (when we go) rolling home, (when we go); Rolling, rolling, when we go rolling home. The gentry in its fine array do prosper night and morn, While we unto the fields must go to plow and sow the corn; The rich may steal the power, but the glory is our own, The summer of resentment, the winter of despair, The journey to contentment is set with trap and snare; Stand true and stand together, your labour is your own, The frost is on the hedgerow, the icy winds do blow, While we poor weary labourers strive through the sleet and snow; Our hopes fly up to glory, up where the larks do go, So pass the bottle ’round, and let the toasts go free, It’s a health to every labourer, wherever he may be; Fair wages now and ever, let’s reap what we have sown, ‘Round goes the wheel of fortune, don’t be afraid to ride, There’s a land of milk and honey, waits on the other side; There’ll be peace and there’ll be plenty, you’ll never need to roam,