Soldier of a Soldier's Son (Black Dog Island 2017)
This is the name of my Biography, that is if I ever get to finish it is called ‘’Soldier Of a Soldiers Son". The book is now sitting at thirty eight thousand words and I am getting there with it slowly. This song is about being a third generation Soldier and again it is a Story about my life in the Army. It summarises my military life in a few minutes. I started out wanting to release both the book and the CD at the same time but my experience with life is hence the motto ‘’don’t put off until tomorrow what you can achieve today because tomorrow might never come’’ So I have decided to release the album and finish the book on the release of my second Album. Again it started with the melody and straight away it was the tempo I needed to write the song and another opportunity to get the pipes in.
Lyrics:
KEY: (DM)
VERSE 1:‘
STARTED 13 DEC 2013 FINISHED 14/05/2015
I WAS BORN IN 61
IN FINGLAS NORTH DUBLIN
FROM THE WOME I LEAPT INTO THIS WORLD
MY MOTHER GAVE BIRTH TO A SON
AND MY FATHER I’M PROUD TO SAY
TOLD ME STORIES OF THE DAY
HE SAID IN WW2 HE IN HIS FATHER SHOT A FEW
AND THEY WERE BURRIED IN THE GROUND WHERE THEY LAY
HE WAS A SOLDIER
HE WAS A SOLDIER
OF A SOLDIERS SON
WELL I GREW UP KEAN AND FAST
PUT SOME BONES INTO PLASTER CAST
SOMETIMES I LOST MY WAY BUT THEN CAME THAT DAY
AIN’T NOTHINGS GONA HOLD ME BACK
17 CAME AND WENT
INTO THE ARMY I WAS SENT
A UNIFORM MADE OF OLD BULL WOOL
BLACK BOOTS AND A WEBBING BELT
I BECAME A SOLDIER
I BECAME A SOLDIER
OF A SOLDIERS SON
MIDDLE EIGHT WITH FIDDLE-PIPES..
WELL THE STORY AS ITS GOES
A RANGER I BECAME ONE OF THOSE
I JUMPED FROM AIRCRAFT RAN UP 100 HILLS
MY ENDURANCE WAS WAY UP AND IT SHOWED
THEN ONE DAY WE CAME UNDER FIRE
BOMBS AND BULLETS RAINED IN FROM TYRE
MY COMRADES DEAD A VILLAGE BLOWN TO SHREADS
THE EXPLOSION BLEW US OVER THE WIRE
MIDDLE EIGHT WITH FIDDLE-PIPES..
THERE’S A MOTTO TO OUR CLAN
IT’S TO DO IT WITH HEART AND LIMB
BY FAILING TO PREPARE YOU PREPARE TO FAIL
AND OUR UNIT WAS FULL OF OLD HANDS
THERS A MESSAGE IN THIS SONG
IF YOU’RE A SOLDIER SOLDIERs SON
BUT PLAN IT ALL OUT AND DON’T BE CAUGHT OUT
IT’S SURVIVAL AT THE END OF A GUN
WE WERE SOLDIERS I WAS A SOLDIER OF A SOLDIERS SON
