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Thread #115263 Message #2465733
Posted By: Peace
14-Oct-08 - 06:45 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Too Close to the Wind (Stuart Marson)
Subject: RE: Close to the Wind - any info?
The correct title it seems is "Too Close to the Wind." That might help people who are looking for info.
TOO CLOSE TO THE WIND (DT Lyrics)
Farewell to you, my faithful Nancy And a thousand times adieu; For the constable comes up from Brackley Market And a hundred volunteers too. No more will we hide in the forest For fear they might run us to ground For the wild sea, we'd sailed upon it Too close to the wind.
For twenty years, we have roved the highways Of Northamptonshire. From Daventry* down to the southern byways We robbed both the rich and the poor. For ofttimes our families were starving And the highway it kept them alive, So the wild sea, we sailed upon it Too close to the wind.
Tonight I lie in a darkened dungeon Condemned on the gallows to die, While the man who gave us away is only Bound for Australia. No man could be found to defend us Naught but abuse came our way, For the wild sea, we'd sailed upon it Too close to the wind.