
Date of issue: 03.09.2013
Record label: Derek W Dick
Song language: English
The Gathering |
The newspaper headlines were big and bold; |
Our country was going to war |
To fight for the freedom of nationhood |
To defend us from invading hordes |
The general pointed with steely glare |
Delivered the rallying call |
We signed off our lives with a stroke of a pen |
Joined our pals in the line |
We took the King’s shilling with pride |
From the towns and the cities we came |
From the fields and the countryside |
The mines and the factories |
Volunteers on the square, labourers and unemployed |
Clerks and delivery boys |
Skirling pipes charge the air, raising the cheering crowd |
Casting out any doubts |
Victory will soon be assured |
We know God’s on our side at the heart of the gathering |
Farewell to our homes and our families |
Farewell to the lives we once knew |
Farewell to our youth and our innocence |
We marched off with the band to the promise of a brave new world |
And I’ll write you a letter each passing day |
And I’ll cherish your every reply |
I’ll tie them with ribbons and Flanders lace; |
Hold them close to my heart in a sweet embrace |
Tell the children that I shall return |
Laden with medals and dripping with garlands |
We’ll sit by the banks of the Tyne |
And I’ll regale you with stories of honour and glory |
We’ll make up for all the lost time, jig to the fiddles |
And weave the White Willow |
In the evening like ferns we’ll entwine |
Our bodies surrender we give to the gathering |
I’ll long for my home and my family |
I will long for the life I once knew |
I’ll long for my youth and my innocence |
I’ll long for a brave new world |
In the holds of the ships out of training camps |
From the railheads to trudge open roads |
Shouldered rifles on heavy souls |
Our fears will add to our load |
Farewell to our homes and our families |
Farewell to the lives we once knew |
Farewell to our youth and our innocence |
We marched off with the band |
Pals in battalions to the promise of a brave new world |
Joining the gathering |
Pals in battalions to fight for a brave new world |
Pals in battalions, we took the King’s shilling |
And paid for a brave new world |
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