Testo Honour & Praise - Fairport Convention
Testo della canzone Honour & Praise (Fairport Convention), tratta dall'album From Cropredy to Portmeirion
On a fine summer's morning, we lay at the quay
The holds were filled high with the treasures of the sea
So that they could be transported by men such as we
To homeland and the Queen
When the loading was done, we hoisted full sail
Prayed for good winds to guide us and deliverance from gale
And the thoughts of the crew turned to home and strong ale
As we cast off the ropes and set sail
Fight for honour and for praise
Sail the sea throughout m'days
In cold ground I'll never lay
I'd rather die on the ocean
30 days out to sea
And the weather was fine
The wind that we'd prayed for and making good time
The honour of first home was soon to be mine
To homeland and the Queen
But the night became stormy and the wind changed our course
A gale was a-blowin' and the storm gathered force
And I wondered if ever we'd reach our home port
Or if we'd all be lost in the storm
Fight for honour and for praise
Sail the sea throughout m'days
In cold ground I'll never lay
I'd rather die on the ocean
Well the waves washed the deck
In the wind we were rocked
I fought with the wheel to stay clear of the rocks
But the fighting's in vain, in the storm we were locked
And our prayers flew away on the wind
Well I coughed and I choked and I tasted the sea
I looked over the sand, there was no-one but me
And I knew that the might of the sea had finished me
And I wished that I'd drowned in the storm
Fight for honour and for praise
Sail the sea throughout m'days
In cold ground I'll never lay
I'd rather die on the ocean
And I've lived with the thought
For the rest of m'days
How I've given the lives of m'crew just to pay
In search of the garlands of honour and praise
And I wish that I'd drowned in the storm
Fight for honour and for praise
Sail the sea throughout m'days
In cold ground I'll never lay
I'd rather die on the ocean
Fight for honour and for praise
Sail the sea throughout m'days
In cold ground I'll never lay (I'll never lay)
I'd rather die on the ocean
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Writer(s): John Duncan Richards
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