Bold Privateer

by Canute's Plastic Army

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lyrics

It's farewell to my Polly dear, since you and I must part!
In crossing of the wide seas, I'll pledge to you my heart;
Our ship she does lie waiting, it's farewell my dear,
For I am just a-going on board a bold privateer.

She says - "My dearest Jimmy, I pray you to forbear,
And do not leave your Polly so deeply in despair;
I'd advise you stay at home with your true lover dear,
And not venture your life aboard a bold privateer."

You know, my dearest Polly, you friends do me dislike,
Besides you have two brothers that have sworn to take my life;
It's from them I must wander, myself all to get clear,
So I am just a-going on board a bold privateer.

And when the war is over, if we do save our lives,
It's then I will return to our sweethearts and wives;
It's then I will get married to thee, my Polly dear,
And bid adieu for ever to the bold privateer.

credits

released August 5, 2019
Words collected by Alfred Williams (the Hammerman Poet) from Edwin Warren in South Marston sometime in the early 20th century. Music written by Neil Mercer in the second decade of the 21st century. Thanks to the Wiltshire Council Community History website: history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getfolk.php?id=731

Vocals and acoustic guitar recorded in a chilly rehearsal space in November 2018. Overdubs added sporadically in a small bedroom.

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Canute's Plastic Army Swindon, UK

Canute's Plastic Army features of the soaring, passionate vocals of Anish Harrison & intricate, dynamic guitar playing of Neil Mercer. They have probably been most accurately described as goth folk.
Their first EP, Building Walls, was released in summer in 2017. They have been commissioned to write for the Lost Words project & the folklore podcast and continue to record & release new material. ... more