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Eleventh Earl Of Mar

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Eleventh Earl Of Mar

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The sun had been up for a couple of hours,Covered the ground with a layer of gold.Spirits were high and the raining had stopped,The larder was low, But boy that wasn't all.Eleventh Earl of MarCouldn't get them very far.Daddy! Oh Daddy, You Promised.Out on the road in the direction of Perth,Backwards and forwards in a circle they went.Found a city half open and ready to greet,The conquering heroes, with blisters on their feet.Eleventh Earl of MarSomehow got them all this far.Daddy! You Promised, You Promised.See the Stewart all dressed upHe's got eyes in the back of his head.Who came in a cockleshell boatThat could only just float,Couldn't even lift a sword.Dressed too fine and smelling of wine.Daddy you've got to go!Here comes the bishop all dressed upHe's gonna bless you if you're ready to pay.One wave of his funny old stick,There's a band of light across your eyes.Waited a week still they hadn't appeared,That glorious timing that everyone feared.So they're riding along on the crest of a wave,They're headed for London, And that will be their grave.Eleventh Earl of MarWell he couldn't get them down that farDaddy! I'm waiting, I'm waitingTime to go to bed nowNever seems too keenTo be a guest nowIn a house of dreamsFlying from a hillsideBeckoning the treesA sailboat's awningMimicking the breezeI'm fighting gravity fallingMy Daddy won't let them get meA voice screams seems to be callingThe face turns features are burning.Daddy, you've got to go!See the fifteen going by,Tell the Lairds and the LordsThey're running backwards today,And once again you stand alone.Bury your memories bury your friends,Leave it alone for a year or two.Till the stories go hazy and the legends come true,Then do it again. Some Things never end.Eleventh Earl of MarWon't be going very far.You Promised, You Promised, You Promised.DADDY!
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