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The Deserter
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A powerful Ballad about pacifism in the age of the British Empire.
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Folk & Celtic - an Acoustic an melodic experience inspired from English and Celtic music.
Folk & Celtic is a group with deep connections to English and Celtic music with a mutual objective to create and convey a euphonious and melodic acoustic experience. The music has its main focus on the vocals which are supported by a tasteful and rather minimalist accompaniment. Three of the members of the group also play together in the folkrock band FolkPort. They collaborate closely to develop the vocals and the total sound and expression in their music. Folk & Celtic sometimes also perform live in concert.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #160
Peak in subgenre #31
Author
John Williams
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Uploaded
November 19, 2010
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MP3 4.6 MB • 128 kbps • 6:24
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Here I stand in a land that isn't my own ?In the green of the country that I know as home ?I was sent here by government armed by the King ?And I'm told I must kill men in order to bring ?Peace to a foreign land There he lies on a land that isn't his own ?In the grey of the country that he knows as home ?He was sent here by government, might not agree ?And if someone must kill him God why is it me? ?To bring peace to a foreign land Chorus ?Don't despise the deserter ?Don't despise the deserter ?Don't despise the deserter ?Who ran from the war So I bent down to drag him away from the wire ?But the rifles to the left of me had started to fire ?He was riddled with bullets smothered in blood ?And I don't see how murdering somebody could ?Bring peace to a foreign land So I ran from the fighting threw down my gun ?And I ran by the moon and slept by the sun ?Now arrested by government charged by the King ?To be shot 'cos I can't kill in order to bring ?Peace to a foreign land
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