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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
Performer
The Wally Stott Orchestra
The Wally Stott Orchestra
Performer
Wally Stott
Wally Stott
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel
Composer
Gérard Jouannest
Gérard Jouannest
Composer
Mort Shuman
Mort Shuman
Composer
The Wally Stott Orchestra
The Wally Stott Orchestra
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Franz
John Franz
Producer
Peter Olliff
Peter Olliff
Producer

Lyrics

Sons of the thief, sons of the saint
Who is the child with no complaint
Sons of the great or sons unknown
All were children like your own
The same sweet smiles, the same sad tears
The cries at night, the nightmare fears
Sons of the great or sons unknown
All were children like your own
So long ago
Long, long ago
But sons of tycoons or sons of the farms
All of the children ran from your arms
Through fields of gold, through fields of ruin
All of the children vanished too soon
In towering waves and walls of flesh
Among dying birds trembling with death
Sons of tycoons or sons of the farms
All of the children ran from your arms
So long ago
Long, long ago
And sons of your sons or sons passing by
Children we lost in lullabies
Sons of true love or sons of regret
All of the sons you cannot forget
Some built the roads, some row the boats
Some go to war, some never come home
Sons of your sons or sons passing by
Children we lost in lullabies
So long ago
Long, long ago
Sons of the theif, sons of the saint
Who is the child with no complaint
Sons of the great or sons unknown
All were children like your own
The same sweet smiles, the same sad tears
The cries at night, the nightmare fears
Sons of the great or sons unknown
All were children like your own
Written by: Gérard Jouannest, Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman
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