Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Darien, artist - Battlefield Band. Date of issue: 16.11.2008
Song language: English
Darien |
| God preserve us, Provost Anderson |
| From this burning black disaster |
| For the justice o the Lord is hard tae thole |
| He has wreaked an awful vengeance |
| On our wild and reckless schemes |
| His mighty finger flicks |
| And scatters dreams afore his mocking gaze |
| For Darien, Darien |
| Darien is dead |
| The city’s in a turmoil |
| There’s a whirlwind o rumour |
| And there’s panic in the eyes o Christian men |
| This thunderbolt is quakin' |
| Every corner o the land |
| And honst guidmen wring their hands |
| And raise thir faces heavenwards |
| For Darien, Darien |
| Darien is dead |
| We trusted you, John Anderson |
| And aw your wealthy freends |
| All your fine words |
| We’ve done danced aboot oor ears |
| Like a snowdrift in the desert |
| They are vanished in the void |
| It’s a sair and bitter harvest |
| That has brought us tae oor knees |
| Two thousand souls departed |
| A nation’s dream is gone |
| And King William’s loyal minions watched it die |
| And every wave from here tae there |
| Another penny gone |
| The coffers of auld Scotland |
| Are bled dry and hope is barren now |
| (For Darien) The new world beckoned us |
| (Darien) There is no second chance |
| (Darien is dead) We ventured into Panama |
| With heart and not with head |
| (Darien) We trusted Providence |
| (Darien) It has abandoned us |
| Now Darien is dead |
| Darien is dead |
| Darien is dead |
| Darien is dead |
| Darien is dead |