Gone to America
Steeleye Span * Track #5 On Sails of Silver
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Album Sails of Silver
Gone to America by Steeleye Span
Performed by
Steeleye SpanProduced by
Gus DudgeonWrited by
Bob Johnson & Maddy Prior & Nigel Pegrum & Peter Knight & Rick Kemp & Tim Hart (Steeleye Span)About
Song about a British woman and her lost love; two months after getting married, her husband was arrested by the local police and sent overseas to the newly formed British colony of Virginia to serve a sentence as an indentured slave there.
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Gone to America Lyrics
Married him in April, lost him in July;
Listen to my story and I'll tell you why
They said that he'd been poaching and stealing wine
They said I wouldn't see him for a long long time
Chorus: They said he's gone to America
To work the land that some called Virginia;
They said he's gone to America
Married him in April, lost him in July;
They took him as their prisoner then told me why
They said they had sent him where poachers go
I asked if I could see him but they said no
Chorus:
Married him in April, lost him in July;
Curse the men who took him, curse their wicked lie
The night they saw him poaching and stealing wine
Was the night he took comfort in these arms of mine
Chorus:
Married him in April, lost him in July
Gone to America Q&A
Who wrote Gone to America's ?
Gone to America was written by Bob Johnson & Maddy Prior & Nigel Pegrum & Peter Knight & Rick Kemp & Tim Hart (Steeleye Span).
Who produced Gone to America's ?
Gone to America was produced by Gus Dudgeon.