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The Old Captain

from The Red Coats by Brillig

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ABOUT THIS TRACK: Retiring from a life of adventure at sea, the Old Captain spent his final years in his favourite bar re-telling those fabled days to all who would listen. “Time has come now to bid him goodbye.”

Watch the video for this track on www.youtube.com/brilligaustralia

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LYRICS:
Round robin, round
We were all hypnotized by the sound
Of his tales from the old country
Told for a pint and a pound

Stories of battles at sea
From a voice that could shake down the trees
And the face of an angel
All battered by grand tragedy

Raise your glass in the air
With a tear in your eye
Time has come now to bid him goodbye
For at first light this morn The Old Captain has died Let him live on in legend tonight.

No soul shared his name
And he sought neither fortune nor fame
But this old dusty tavern is kingdom
O’er which he would reign

Not a chapter of life he forgot
And the truth of it all mattered not
For adventure and grandeur and rapture
We’d feast on the lot

Raise your glass in the air
With a tear in your eye
Time has come now to bid him goodbye
For at first light this morn The Old Captain has died Let him live on in legend tonight.

The stars will shine brightly
No more in the sky
They’ve lost their best sailor to guide
For at first light this morn The Old Captain has died Let him live on in legend tonight

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from The Red Coats, released February 21, 2010
Copyright M.Swayne / E.Reid / D. Meredith

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Brillig SA, Australia

"If you know what Cohen, Cash & Cave have in common, it's right here” - Periplaneta, Germany

For those who like folk tales deliciously dark yet strangely uplifting, look no further than acclaimed trio Brillig, who share their penchant for sea shanties, murder ballads & beautifully tragic gothic folk tales with festival crowds across Europe, Australia + New Zealand and airwaves around the globe.
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