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OUR CAPTAIN CRIED (Roud 602)
A haunting anti-war song from two perspectives; the one who will be left broken-hearted and the other who is seduced by the ‘adventure’ of war. The tune was collected by Vaughan Williams, and adapted to fit the lyrics of John Bunyan’s hymn, He Who Would Valiant Be (in case you were wondering which came first). Check out the glorious singing of Sussex’s George “Pop” Maynard, who sings Our Captain Calls All Hands in 1956 on Topic Records’ Voice of the People Vol.1.

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Our Captain cried, 'All hands away tomorrow'
Leaving us girls behind, in grief and sorrow.
What makes you go abroad, fighting for strangers?
When you'd be safe at home, and free from dangers...

I'd roll you in my arms, my dearest jewel,
So stay at home with me, love, don't be cruel.
She fell upon the floor, like one that was dying.
This house was filled with grief, sighing and crying.

You courted me awhile just to deceive me,
For now you've gained my heart, you mean to leave me.
O there's no trust in men, not my own brother.
So maids, if you would love, love one each other.

O the drums are beating love, the pipes are playing,
I must be on my way, no longer staying.
Dry off those briny / brandy tears, and leave off weeping,
And happy we shall be at our next meeting.

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from The Brown Girl and Other Folk Songs, released May 1, 2022
Trad Arr: Angeline Morrison
Vocals: Angeline Morrison.

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Angeline Morrison and The Ambassadors of Sorrow

"Bewitching and otherworldly... Morrison's voice is eerily confiding, strangely present, insistent even at its quietest" Folk Radio UK.

Believing in the beauty of sad songs, weaving folk, soul and beat sounds of the '60s into a tapestry of the human heart. Homespun sounds that reside in a nostalgic universe.

"Dark, unsettling folk that verges on the hymnal" BBC Introducing.
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