Blood and Gold

from If We Turn Away by Suthering

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lyrics

On rides a captain and 300 soldier lads
Out of the morning mist and thro' the silent snow
Whistling gaily rides the captain at their head
Behind him soldier boys sadly weeping go
For when you took my gold and swore to follow me
You sold away your lives and your liberty
No more you'll till the soil, no more you'll work
the land
No more to the dance you'll go and take girls by the
hand
O mother weep for your son
He is gone to kill and die

You'll weep, you'll die by the keen edge of the sword
All alone by the muddy Danube shore.
He gave the order for the drummers to beat their drums.
The smothers of my clothes the life a soldier lives.

Unfurl your ragged banners and brace your pale young face
You'll all die in the fire there'll be no hiding place
O mother hear the drumbeat in the village square
O mother that drums for me to go for a soldier there
Mothers, sisters, wives, weep for us
Marked as Cain we die alone

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from If We Turn Away, released February 25, 2022
Traditional with words by Andy Irvine and Jane Cassidy. Performed and arranged by Julu Irvine and Heg Brignall. Recorded by Lukas Drinkwater at Polyphonic Recording. Double bass by Lukas Drinkwater. Mastered by Ian Stephenson. Artwork by Chloe Birnie.

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If We Turn Away

Feb 2022
Kingfisher

Jan 2022
Gather

Mar 2020

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