Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Marie La Cordeliere, artist - Fairport Convention. Album song Fame And Glory, in the genre Фолк-рокDate of issue: 19.11.2020
Record label: Babaika
Song language: English
Marie La Cordeliere |
| On the tenth' of August 1512 |
| We passed the headland west of Saint-Mathieu |
| English galleons |
| 50 strong English galleons |
| And so it was that I did see |
| The finest ship I’d ever seen |
| Marie la Cordelière |
| Belle Marie la Cordelière |
| She was so fine, such a sight to see |
| Sailing high on the summer sea |
| And I am proud to say that I have seen |
| Belle Marie la Cordelière |
| And when the Breton captain he did see |
| The English flags out on the reach, he cried |
| «Weigh the anchors high and we will fight |
| Weigh the anchors high!» |
| And the Belle Marie came sailing proud |
| 200 canons shining on her sides |
| 15 hundred men prepared to die |
| 15 hundred men |
| Well the battle raged for many’an hour |
| Till her decks ran red with blood and we breached her side |
| Then the captain cried «Though we may die |
| We’ll not surrender her» |
| Across the heaving deck he ran |
| In each hand a blazing brand he bore |
| Into the powder store and he blew her high |
| He fired the powder store |