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08 Mar 24 - 10:06 AM (#4198763) Subject: Lyr Req: Adieu to Old England - Strawhead From: Weasel Does anybody know the lyrics please to the Strawhead song "Adieu to Old England" (not the usual lyrics associated with this title). The chorus is "To our dear England, we bade adieu" |
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08 Mar 24 - 10:25 AM (#4198764) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adieu to Old England - Strawhead From: Steve Gardham Gregg got a lot of their lyrics from Harkness broadsides so it might be worth checking out the Bodleian Broadside Ballads website to see if it's there. You can search via title and first line. |
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08 Mar 24 - 10:53 AM (#4198768) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adieu to Old England - Strawhead From: Reinhard ADIEU TO OLD ENGLAND words Gregg Butler, tune Chris Pollington Strawhead: Gentlemen of Fortune (1984) So merrily we landed upon this alien strand So steadfastly we set our new homes in this new found land So resolutely gathered summers fruit braved winters chill But now as spring fast fades our hearts with apprehension fill Chorus (after each verse): To our dear England we bade adieu Sailed westward bravely we gallant few Now here abandoned on a foreign shore Our hope dies never we’ll see thee more For varied wants we sent the word back to old England’s might To better till the soil and plant and thus maintain our right Full ten long months ago our ships sails left our longing view Our anxious watch now hopeless fades our fate in dread we rue Oh England how could you abandon thus your own true sons Your husbands wives and daughters all we thought your chosen ones Chosen to plant your steadfast seed deep in Virginia’s soil But now by negligence betrayed with quaking hearts we toil Alas too few too ill equipped without support to thrive Our parlous state we plainly see and think not to survive Another year oh where’s the ship they promised soon to send And failing by mens greed its lack has brought us to our end Goodbye forever England that we left with hopes so brave Goodbye to you that scorned us left us helpless ’cross the wave We die unsung neglected in this thrice-accursed land We die reproachful and denied a parent’s helping hand |
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08 Mar 24 - 11:10 AM (#4198769) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Adieu to Old England - Strawhead From: Weasel Thank you Reinhard! Steve - I know Gregg also used to write some of he lyrics himself and my inability to find anything with google led me to think that this might one of his. Thanks. |