When Margaret Was Eleven
The Dubliners * Track #4 On Prodigal Sons
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When Margaret Was Eleven by The Dubliners
Performed by
The DublinersProduced by
Bill WhelanWrited by
Pete St. JohnWhen Margaret Was Eleven Annotated
My father said farewell and the band played tunes of glory
A giant man with ribbons, bedeviled dignity
A regimental sergeant, the backbone of the Empire
For God and righteous glory bound for High Germany
Sweet Lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven
They served us war for breakfast and soldiers' songs for tea
"Your father's gone campaigning" was a way of not explaining
That soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity
My childhood passed away midst the tales and lurid stories
Of manufacturеd glories and inhuman gallantry
I asked, "When is war ovеr?", but no one deemed to answer me
And Margaret played that dreaded tune called High Germany
Sweet Lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven
They served us war for breakfast and soldiers' songs for tea
"Your father's gone campaigning" was a way of not explaining
That soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity
My father made it home, but he came without his reason
Two eyes of molten madness, a senseless fool of war
"He's just a child," my mother cried, "to be dressed in full regalia
And paraded as a hero home from High Germany"
Sweet Lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven
They served us war for breakfast and soldiers' songs for tea
"Your father's gone campaigning" was a way of not explaining
That soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity
There'll be no tunes of glory for Margaret and me
When Margaret Was Eleven Q&A
Who wrote When Margaret Was Eleven's ?
When Margaret Was Eleven was written by Pete St. John.
Who produced When Margaret Was Eleven's ?
When Margaret Was Eleven was produced by Bill Whelan.