Name: Leader of the Band
Duration: P00H03M55S
Description: Track 15 of the 52 songs project

Leader of the Band

from Tracks 14-26 of the 52 Songs project by Dave Walker

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Track 15 of the 52 songs project

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Call the lads together by the grand staircase
First time with the eight piece, play boys play.
The night is still, the moon is new lay that ragtime down
Captain’s orders, calm the waters, play our immortal requiem

We’ve got a job to do right now
Until this big old ship goes down.

Tell my Maria I’ll always be with her, tell her I stayed to the end tell her I died like a man

My name is Wallace Hartley, I’m the leader of the band
A handpicked group of gentlemen, making their last stand.
So I rosined up my bow and played my violin
A gift from my Maria, for a life that we never would begin

The boat was sinking lower and then she broke in two
The lads were all swept overboard, leaving me and you
I closed my eyes and took a breath and faced eternity
I dragged the bow across your strings, Nearer God to Thee

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from Tracks 14-26 of the 52 Songs project, track released April 8, 2012

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Dave Walker VIC, Australia

Dave Walker made his first record in 1998 and has been churning them out ever since. Variety of styles and a whole range of different musicians.

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