Oh the call has come, we must leave here now
Hold true don't deceive her
No time to speak the wedding vow
We'll be back again together.
Chorus
Hold true don't deceive her
Oh, stand firm don't forsake her
Any girl won't do, so to one be true
You'll be back again together
Now we're fighting here in this hellish land
Hold true don't deceive her
And there's nought but blood and tears and sand
We'll be back again together.
Chorus
I thought I saw you here with me
Hold true don't deceive her
And the pain in your eyes was a curse to see
We'll be back again together.
Chorus
Will we ever know the truth to tell
Hold true don't deceive her
To lead and follow through the halls of hell
We'll be back again together.
Chorus
The day may come when we can wed
Hold true don't deceive her
We'll share our days, our nights our bed
And we'll lie at last together
Chorus
Hold true don't deceive her
Oh, stand firm don't forsake her
Any girl won't do, so to one be true
And you'll lie at last together.
AN - Lately when I've been improvising on my Tabor Pipe I've been thinking about folk songs and the Amestrian army, and especially the kind of songs sung by soldiers as they march or work. I've also had two conversations recently about the tradition of re-working existing tunes with new lyrics - very popular in folk traditions. Then last weekend at an historical re-enactment event I was invited to sing some sea shanties with a group of Pirates which was so so much fun.
All this has inspired this last minute contribution for the theme of 'Propinquity'. I've taken the tune of the sea shanty 'Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her' and written this song.
You can listen to it on Tumblr
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