Three bands have performed and recorded under the name "Show of Hands". Read Full Bio ↴Three bands have performed and recorded under the name "Show of Hands".

1) Show Of Hands are England's most successful acoustic roots duo - Steve Knightley and Phil Beer. Their widespread appeal is based on the combined power of Steve's original songs, the quality of their vocals and harmonies, and their multi-instrumental virtuosity. Their performances feature guitars, mandocello, fiddle, cuatro, viola and concertina.

Packing venues from the smallest village hall to the Royal Albert Hall in London, the duo continue to produce original music popular the world over.
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2) Show of Hands from Southern California existed in the late 90's/early 00's and played Hardcore. They have a 7inch still available on Smorgasbord Records called A New Day Not Forgotten, a demo, and a song called 'Naked Jake' on the compilation CD As the Sun Sets.

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3) Show of hands was a little-known progressive folk band which released one album in 1970 called Formerly Anthrax.

The Bet
Show Of Hands Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'The Bet' by these artists:

Clear Convictions Who bets the most, Your soul has a price What is your…
College 11 feat. Bryan G College 11 letratradução Ladies and gentleman Boys and girl…
Drake & Josh She's on a level with the lighting She's flashing red and…
Nailpin He loves straight answers His credo: ask the eightball Tha…
Thresher V2.0 Opposite of what you may think Everything is for the takin C…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Show Of Hands:

'Twas on One April's Morning Twas on an April morning, just as the sun was…
Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy Adieu sweet lovely Nancy Ten thousand times adieu I am bou…

Are We Alright You don't need to cry You don't need to shout Paint on…
Are We Alright? You don't need to cry You don't need to shout Paint on…
Arrogance Ignorance and Greed All I wanted was a home And a roof over our…
Be Lucky I went out in the world I lived in London…
Breme Fell at Hastings Afar on when we took the field Our spears like stands…
Cold Frontier Walk out over ancient hills There's something underheel Re…
Columbus The Santa Maria sailed out of the sun Warrior priests with…
Come By My father found this land in the early sixties And he…
Country Life Working in the rain cutting down wood Didn't do my little…
Cousin Jack This land is bar-ren and bro-ken, Scarred like the face of…
Crow on the Cradle The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn Now…
Cruel River I worked on her father's farm Long hours of labour in…
Dark Fields In the dark fields, There are lovers talking, He takes…
Don't Be a Stranger We've been together A hundred nights and more Put ten thou…
Don't Look Now I hear the knocking of a clock Look through the pages…
Drake The western counties point to the sea I stand unsteady on…
Exile Debes oír, escúchame pon éste disco alguna vez, cuando ya, t…
First They Take Manhattan They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to…
Forfarshire The cold has come again The wind past the lighthouse rends…
Hambledon Fair As I was a-walking to Hambledon Fair I spied lovely Nancy…
Hard Shoulder We were an hour the wrong side of the Avon When…
Haunt You I will haunt you A year at sea your letter came Shattere…
Home to a Million Thoughts Just a boy I wandered through these doors I found mystery…
I Promise You I promise you warm nights I promise you long days I promis…
IED There's something underneath my skin no-one can detect It's …
If I Needed Someone If I needed someone to love You're the one that I'd…
Innocents' Song Who's that knocking at the window? Who's that stan…
Just Enough to Lose It was just between the sowing and the reaping That you…
Keep Hauling When love just seems so far away (Keep hauling! Keep…
King of the World Give me a lever and a place to stand I'll move…
Longdog Redbrick cottage on the edge of the woods Cars and cages…
Lost Sad reports from coastal stations No word of my last…
Moondance Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance With the stars…
Mother Tongue I'm a stranger here but I still know you This golden…
Next Best Western it's the middle of the night On the Indiana line I'm pulling…
Northwest Passage Westward from the Davis Strait 'tis there 'twas said to…
Now You Know Now you know Now you know Now you know Will you come back…
Red Diesel (This is Red Diesel) Terry always puts red diesel in his…
Reynardine One evening as I rambled among the springing thyme I overhe…
Roots Now it's been 25 years or more I've roamed this land…
Secret World I stood in this sunsheltered place ′Til I could see the…
Seven Days It's the North Devon winters that drive us all to…
Smile She Said Smile she said Turn to the camera don't close your eyes Do…
Suntrap Ah the bars on the harbour they turn on their…
The Blind Fiddler I lost my eyes in a Blacksmith's shop in the…
The Blue Cockade It was on one Monday's Morning, As I crossed over…
The Bristol Slaver From this house on Clifton I see the ships under sails Throu…
The Falmouth Packet / Haul Away Joe I ran away from padstow town And shipped aboard a whaler W…
The Long Way Home I'm glad that you would meet me In this lonely side…
The Man I Was Now I might look familiar but inside I'm not the same and…
The Napoli Midwinter, two years ago, Out to the west a storm began…
The Oak For shelter and shade has the oak tree grown The ship,…
The Shout Only 3 minutes but I couldnt get out Carboxed in and…
Tommy Tommy had a watch a good kind of watch It couldn't…
Undertow Born in a Devonshire seaside town 21 years ago, Failed At…
Widecombe Fair It was early dawn when we met out on the…
Witness We've got land, we grow food We bake bread, and fell…
Yeovil Town It was ten years ago we did a show in…
You'll Get By You build a life together And it's shattered on the floor On…

You're Mine In the sun burnt fields I saw you and my…

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