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The Southampton Steamboat Song

from Us Against the World EP by The Publicans

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So I drink till I'm undone But I still hear the guns

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The Southampton Steamboat Song

All the lads from the town, we signed up on a sunny day
And we sang as we marched, as to war we sailed away
Well we fought tooth and nail, and we died in machine gun hail
While my brother choked gas, I came home without a scratch

Well I see it in their eyes, all the mams, who lost their sons
They wonder why I'm alive, when their precious boys have died
The bitterness of grief runs like poison on their tongues,
So they called me a deserter and a traitor to my friends

Far Away, far away
Far across the shiny sea
Far away, far away
That's where I'm gonna be
Far away, far away
When Southampton's far behind
I'll point two fingers to the sky
And you can kiss my arse goodbye

I got a visit from the Constable, a visit from the priest
A visit from the footy boys, who beat me to a paste
Left a rope upon the table, said do the decent thing
But fuck if l'll top me self, after all the death I’ve seen.

The enemy were bastards of this I have no doubt
But the bastards I came home to made wonder what we'd fought about
The aristocracy is claiming victory for themselves
I wish a million bone white crosses would fall upon their heads.

Well I drink myself blind To dull the horrors in my mind
But no matter how I try I can't leave the front behind.
So I drink till I'm undone But I still hear the guns
And still, I hear them screaming, still see them dying, one by one.

So I stood in fields of crosses and said goodbye to me lads
And took the boat God knows where, I’m never coming back
A New World is a-callin' where ever that may be
And as for dear old Blighty, she can sink into the sea.

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from Us Against the World EP, track released November 9, 2017
Written by Paul Amesbury
Performed by The Publicans

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•Paul Amesbury
•Craig Palmer
•Simon Lambert
•Stew Black
•Lindsay Gee

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