Those Damn Roches

Those damn Roches, what a wild pack

They go down to Hammond, but they come straight back

And they get in my ears and my heart cracks

Who do I see about that

The McGarrigle-Wainwrights come as they are

Sometimes in peace and sometimes in war

From Mendocino to Montreal

I love them all

Bound together in blood and song, who can break us?

When we are singing loud and strong, who can take us?

The Waterson-Carthys, travelling still

Singing in good times, or in ill

To give you a smile and make your heart chill

Purest of will

Then the Coppers, the Coppers, they gave me my start

I still miss Bob, but he’s here in part

This noble family is England’s heart

There’s gold in that line

Bound together in blood and song, who can break us?

When we are singing loud and strong, who can take us?

Faraway Thompsons, tug at my heart

Can’t get along ‘cept when we’re apart

Is it life, or is it art?

One and the same

Bound together in blood and song, who can break us?

When we are singing loud and strong, who can take us?

Bound together in blood and song, who can break us?

Oh when we are singing loud and strong, who can take us?

When we are singing loud and strong, who can take us?