Mackerel Sky
Four strong winds
Are blowing through the valley
I think of you under mackerel sky
I was just a boy when I left old England
Left my mama crying on the old port side
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
Six weeks training
There on the Isle of Wight
Where as a boy I'd go on holiday
Before I knew it I was jumping out of aeroplanes
Into the green of the agean sea
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
Our young sergeant said 'fix your bayonets'
Sticks and stones against the gatling gun
We obeyed his orders
And ran towards the enemy
We lost ourselves in the deafening cry
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
The sun came between us and the enemy
They turned tail and they ran away
But before we could count our blessings
We saw our ships had sailed away
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
In the camps there was a German officer
Who let us listen to his radio
Someone found out and sent him to the front line
It seems that kindness has a price to pay
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
When the Russians came
They came by horse and cart
With no pomp or ceremony
The cruel face of war
Try to wipe it from my memory
We're all brothers at the end of the day
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
Are blowing through the valley
I think of you under mackerel sky
I was just a boy when I left old England
Left my mama crying on the old port side
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
Six weeks training
There on the Isle of Wight
Where as a boy I'd go on holiday
Before I knew it I was jumping out of aeroplanes
Into the green of the agean sea
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
Our young sergeant said 'fix your bayonets'
Sticks and stones against the gatling gun
We obeyed his orders
And ran towards the enemy
We lost ourselves in the deafening cry
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
The sun came between us and the enemy
They turned tail and they ran away
But before we could count our blessings
We saw our ships had sailed away
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
In the camps there was a German officer
Who let us listen to his radio
Someone found out and sent him to the front line
It seems that kindness has a price to pay
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
When the Russians came
They came by horse and cart
With no pomp or ceremony
The cruel face of war
Try to wipe it from my memory
We're all brothers at the end of the day
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
Oh lord, ran way oh, ran away oh
Ran away to sea
And I
Oh lord, ran away oh, ran away oh
Ran away to see the war
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Writer(s): Jude Edwin-scott
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