1919 (BATTLE of GEORGE SQUARE)

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A track from the ep, A Hard Rain At Sunshine Corner - released 30/03/15.

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I WAS 19 IN 1919
THE SECOND SON OF A SECOND SON
AND THE FIRST WAS LOST AT PASSCHENDAELE
BLOWN TO KINGDOM COME

YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU THE POSTERS CRIED
BUT WIVES AND MOTHERS SHED THE TEARS
AS THEIR BONNY LADS WENT MARCHING PAST
THEIR BOOTS ECHO DOWN THE YEARS

WE WERE LIONS LED BY DONKEYS
AS IF WE DIDN’T KNOW
THE ALTERNATIVE A FIRING SQUAD
SO OVER THE TOP WE’D GO

WE SANG PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KITBAG
AS WE HEADED FOR THE WESTERN FRONT
AND ABIDE WITH ME SILENTLY
OVER THE GRAVE OF SOME POOR GRUNT

SO TANKS FOR THE MEMORY
STILL TRAPPED BEHIND THE LINES
BUT AS THE TANKS ROLLED INTO GEORGE SQUARE
WE KNEW THEN THAT ALL IS NEVER FAIR
IN LOVE AND WAR
THERE’S NO PEACE OF MIND
NO PEACE OF MIND

WE WERE PROMISED A HOME FIT FOR HEROES
BUT WHAT DID WE GET
NO JOB NO MONEY JUST A CROSS INSCRIBED
LEST WE FORGET

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KIRKWOOD FELL TO A TRUNCHEON BLOW
SHINWELL PLEADED FOR THE CROWD TO GO
SIXTY-THOUSAND ALL CRIED - NO!
THE BATTLE OF GEORGE SQUARE
THE RIOT ACT TO THE WINDS DID BLOW
GUNS ON THE ROOF OF THE HPO
O’CONNELL STREET ALIVE ALIVE-O
THE BATTLE OF GEORGE SQUARE
BLACK FRIDAY BLOODY FRIDAY
RED CLYDESIDE BLOODY FRIDAY
BLACK FRIDAY BLOODY FRIDAY
THE BATTLE OF GEORGE SQUARE
BLACK FRIDAY BLOODY FRIDAY
RED CLYDESIDE BLOODY FRIDAY
BLACK FRIDAY BLOODY FRIDAY
THE BATTLE OF GEORGE SQUARE

I WAS 19 IN 1919

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released March 30, 2015
Written by - jonzip
Acoustic guitar/vocals - jonzip
Percussion - Smiley Barnard & Pablo Cook

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Jonzip Glasgow, UK

Jonzip released his debut ep, A Hard Rain At Sunshine Corner in 2014, & album, Blue Print, in Feb 2020.
In Dec 2020, a digital single & video, December 8th 1980 marked the 40th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. As the centenary of the death of John Maclean, approaches on 30th Nov 2023, a digital single release, and video, mark the occasion. ... more

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