Lyr Req: Red is the blood of Wellington's army?

09 Dec 04 - 07:49 AM (#1351863)
Subject: Lyr Req: Wellingtons army
From: Bunnahabhain

No idea of era, but I remember hearing Martin Carthy singing some of it on the BBC.

I remember:
" Red is the blood of Wellington army, shed in the course of many campaigns"

Other British Generals, battles etc in there as well, I think, but can't recall details.

DT and google have both drawn blanks. Any help would be good.

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10 Dec 04 - 09:10 AM (#1352910)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Red is the blood
From: Jim Dixon

HISTORY LESSON, by Leon Rosselson, contains the line "Red the lines of Wellington's army." It has already been posted here.

Information from Reinhard Zierke's English Folk Music Website (which is a great source for Carthy's lyrics):

Sung by the Three City Four (Martin Carthy, Leon Rosselson, Ralph Trainer and Marion MacKenzie) in 1965 on their album "Three City Four." This track was re-released in 2001 on the anthology "The Carthy Chronicles." Leon Rosselson recorded this song himself on his albums "Palaces of Gold" (1975) and "Perspectives" (1997).

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