The Farm’s “Altogether Now” was first recorded in 1983 for a John Peel Session, but was never released in that form. The song was later trimmed and reworked for release as a single in 1990. The chord progression is borrowed from Pachelbel’s “Canon”.
The lyrics were inspired by the Christmas Truc...
[Verse 1]
Remember boy that your forefathers died
Lost in millions for a country's pride
But they never mention
The trenches of Belgium
And they stopped fighting
And they were one
[Verse 2]
A spirit stronger than war was at work that night
December 1914 cold, clear and bright
Countries' borders
Were right out of sight
When they joined together
And decided not to fight
[Chorus]
All together now
All together now
All together now
In no man's land
Together
All together now
All together now
All together now
In no man's land
[Verse 3]
The same old story again
All those tears shed in vain nothing learnt
And nothing gained
Only hope remains
[Outro]
All together now
All together now
All together now
In no man's land
Together
All together now
All together
All together now
All Together
All together now
In no man's land
All together now
All together now
All togethernow
In no man's land
Boys had their say they said no
Stop the slaughter
Let's go home!
Let's go!
Let's go!
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
All together now
All together now
Boys had their say they said no
Stop the slaughter
Let's go home!
Let's go! Let's go!
Let's go!
Let's go home!
All together now
Together
Together
Together
In no man's land
Together
Yeah!
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
Together
Together
Together
In no man's land
Together
Yeah!
All together now
All together now
All together
All together now
All together now
All together
All together now
Together
Together
Together
In no man's land
Together
Yeah!
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
Boys had their say they said no
Stop the slaughter
Let's go home!
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go home!
Boys had their say they said no
Stop the slaughter
Let's go home!
Let's go!
Let's go!
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
All together now
Together
Together
Together
In no man's land
Together
Yeah!
All together....
All together now
All together now
All together
Oh!
All together now
All together....
All together
All together now
All together now
All together
Together
Together
Together
In no man's land
Together
Together now
Yeah!
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
Together
Together
Together
All together now
In no man's land
All together now
Together
All together now
Yeah!
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All together now
All Together Now was written by Peter Hooton & Steve Grimes.
All Together Now was produced by Graham McPherson.
The Farm released All Together Now on Mon Nov 26 1990.