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Ballad of the English rose

from Boys Heart (30th Anniversary) by Daintees

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Written by Martin Stephenson
Performed by The Daintees @ Blank Studios
Recorded @ Blank Studios by John Martindale
Produced by Martin Stephenson for Barbaraville Records
Mixed and mastered by Mark Lough
Manufactured by Dale Aiken for Cd Duplication Pro, Newton Abbey

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Ballad of the English rose

This is the story of an English rose, who sank to a level of despair
Her hills and her valleys saw her children float, way beyond the saving of repair

Chorus
Dom da-doorah doorah hey! Dom da-doorah hey!
Pray you watch your soul and watch your faith
I bring you the ballad of the English rose, and pray your journey keeps you safe

Her monks and her saints were her very soul, sadly most of them lie butchered long ago
Since then this tiny island tried to hold the waves, that’s when this tiny island did fuck up
By Danes and by Romans came this want to own, all sucking at her breast all killing soul
Hence the rose did follow and did try what’s grand, the mirror her sad sister poor Ireland

Chorus

Our massacred halos all massacred numb, empty churches show a wounded home
Through faith and the ballad we have but come, to a shore near Saint Oswin where the blood did run
And incarnation as ballad at this shore, I can see the craze has lingered to now from before
Subtle clothes of change the spirit sees with age, all echoing on earth the hell goes on

Chorus

I fear the English rose, is all evil and all blue, a game at being friends with no care for me nor you
I fear the English rose, like most insect traps, is thin and bonny coloured, with death beneath its cap
I fear the English rose, is a prison and not free, and all that ever mattered were her saints and her sea

Chorus

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from Boys Heart (30th Anniversary), released January 29, 2021
Martin Stephenson: Acoustic guitar & Lead vocal, dobro
Neil James Morrison: Fiddle

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Martin Stephenson Invergordon, UK

Born Durham 27th July 1961

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