Top Songs By Hop Along, Queen Ansleis
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Hop Along, Queen Ansleis
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Frances Quinlan
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Frances Quinlan
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well informed of the end
The goose and the wren
Left the shores of Maryland
To find better oxygen
While the outcry of twenty men
Ru from a nearby battalion
As if we avoid their light
Then we might make it home tonight
[Verse 2]
And one old crook carried a very heavy book
Friends would say, "Sir, are you sure some good
Could come of your learning?"
And he said my girl gave it to me
Just before the war
I never had a book like this before
Givin' me kind of a, kind of a burning
[Verse 3]
But if it is love then I'm not quite sure
I should keep it
But I've heard it's a part of the whole
So I guess I need it
But I'll certainly be sure to stay
Above the ground
Lately beautiful things got a way
Of bringing me down
[Verse 4]
Here lie one hundred men
Fighters every one of them
They went into the light, oh, no
They won't be home tonight
And I came upon a kid with a kite
Despite the storms, said he's going to fly
And so I said "Brother, what would your mother say?"
[Verse 5]
And he said hold your tongue, it was a present
And God damn, I am a man
I ain't afraid of the rain
But what can a bystander do?
No more than watch the spidery lights
Take a hold of you
But you know I warned you, boy, you know I told you, boy
I'd hold you back, boy, but now I don't know, boy
[Verse 6]
'Cause in a curious kind of way
I wanna go along with you
And morning did come, I was standing struck dumb
By the man in the sun
And the only live one held a string from his thumb
That stretched up to the sky
Where the heron flew by, singin' oh, me and oh, my
[Verse 7]
And the goose and the wren
Know I have not seen them
But the water looks nice
So I do not think twice
And I'm sure that they're fine
Very good friends of mine
'Cause sometimes I can't tell
When things are unwell
[Verse 8]
By the look of the sea
Staring straight back at me
And I miss 'em, I do
But I think it is true
That when the love go it's the lovers who show
Just how lovely they are
In a song or a scar
[Verse 9]
Sincerely, your friend
Write back to me, wren
I've bene thinkin' too much
Down here in the sand
[Verse 10]
The farmer stands and says
"What happened to the land?
It used to be fertile, it used to be good
When I was a lad"
The farmer calls out to his men
Says "It's getting late, boys
It's best you come back in"
[Verse 11]
The farmer stands and says
"What happened to the land?
It used to be fertile, it used to be good
When I was a lad"
The farmer calls out to his men
Says "It's getting late, boys
It's best you come back in"
[Verse 12]
The farmer stands and says
"What happened to the land?
It used to be fertile, it used to be good
When I was a lad"
The farmer calls out to his men
Says "It's getting late, boys
It's best you come back in"
[Verse 13]
The farmer stands and says
"What happened to the land?
It used to be fertile, it used to be good
When I was a lad"
The farmer calls out to his men
Says "It's getting late, boys
It's best you come back in"
Written by: Christine Frances Quinlan
