God Protect The Sailors

from The Celtic Pogo by Rue D'la Gouaille

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GOD PROTECT THE SAILORS
(PAROLES & MUSIQUE : MORVAN PRAT)
God protects all the sailors
What he've allways been said
But when he went to the cemetery
He saw fellow's name on graves
There wasn't only two
But several hundreds
Enough to make him wonder
If any did be saved
What is the use of comin be-
-fore the tumb of his father
'Cause this piece of stone is empty
Like half of the others
Sailors don't lie in small cages
Their grave is much larger
It's the sea
That does carry them away
I will meet You with no fail
Down the earth or down in Hell
Fasten in a cross with nails
But don't ask me forgiveness
One day naturally came his turn
To become a sailor
Like is father and grand father
See his bride far on the shore
And when the anger of the sea
Made him pray for his savior
He saw nothing come but the night
the wind and the terror
'Cause no angel hold out his hand
No voice came tellin' him
That he will be soon on the sand
of the land of refugees
though he kept still hopin' for it
till a wave went right on him
And his name
lies now in the cemetery
I will meet You with no fail
Down the earth or down in Hell
Fasten in a cross with nails
But don't ask me forgiveness

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from The Celtic Pogo, released April 13, 1997

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Rue D'la Gouaille Nantes, France

Rue d'la gouaille est un groupe nantais né en 1994 et dissout en 2010. Leur musique oscillait entre chanson et rock acoustique, fortement empreinte des folklores d'ici et d'ailleurs. S'y cotoyaient guitare, banjo, mandoline, contrebasse, accordéon et tin whistle. ... more

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