Here it is! The first sneak peek of the new Featherscale album, which will be available THIS MONTH!


Ballad of Thomas Meagher:



This song is about an ancestor of Amber's, and earns a special distinction as the first song that the band wrote all together as a group.


Lyrics:


A cold and dreary battlefield, the clouds hung in the sky
A timid man stands at the rear of the fighting 69th
a shot or two of liquid courage, two more to drown the noise
six or seven more until the charge, yelling "Do your duty, boys!"

I'll drink and drink and drink and drink and then I'll drink some more
and when I've had enough to drink, I'll fight your bloody war
I'll drink 'till I'm invincible, and fight until they yield
and then we'll drink to celebrate and pass out on the field

Married to his sweetheart in old America
Left one in Tazmania he'd met along the way
Wrote back home to Ireland from Carysfort to Kent
Said come and join the 69th, there's nothing to lament

I'll drink and drink and drink and drink and then I'll drink some more
and when my ship comes sailing in, I'll meet you at the shore
I'll drink 'till I'm invincible, and fight until they yield
and then we'll drink to celebrate and pass out on the field

I stare into the faces of the men I’m yet to lead.
I wish them strength and courage as they run to do the deed.
As the flag is raised, one more thought floats through my head,
I wish I had a fifth of scotch and my own warm bed.

I'll drink and drink and drink and drink...