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The Munition Maker

by SomeRiseSomeFall

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Re-released to stand in solidarity with all those who are being killed while arms manufacturers profit on their misery. These lyrics come from a poem by Robert Service about World War I and put to music by Country Joe McDonald and sadly ring true over a century later. Will we ever learn

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I am the Cannon king, behold!
I perish on a throne of gold
With forest far and turret high
Renowned and rajah-rich am I
My father was and his before
With wealth we owe to war on war;
But let no potentate be proud
There are no pockets in a shroud

By nature I am mild and kind
To gentleness and truth inclined;
And though the pheasants over-run
My woods, I will not touch a gun
Yet while each monster that I forge
Thunders destruction from its gorge
Death's whisper is, I vow, more loud
There are no pockets in a shroud

My time is short, my ships at sea
Already seem like ghosts to me
My millions mock me, I am poor
As any beggar at my door
My vast dominion I resign
Six feet of earth to claim as mine
Brooding with shoulders bid bitter-bowed
There are no pockets in a shroud

Dear God, let me purge pure my heart
And be of Heaven's hope a part!
Flinging my fortune's foul increase
To fight for pity, love and peace
Oh that I could with healing fare
And pledged to poverty and prayer
Cry high above the cringing crowd
"Ye fools! Be not by Mammon cowed
There are no pockets in a shroud."

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released March 14, 2024
John Blek: Vocals and guitar
Brian Casey: production and mixing at Wavefiedl studios
Mastering by Richard Dowking Wav Mastering
Michael Fitzgerald - SomeRiseSomeFall

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SomeRiseSomeFall Ireland

SomeRiseSomeFall is a community of songwriters, musicians and creatives based in Cork. It brings together artists such as John Blek, Rowan, Anna Mitchell, Kevin Herron, Marlene Enright with producer Brian Casey, to interpret & reimagine songs for unique new recordings.

Their forthcoming album titled ‘No Simple Highway’ looks at loss, grief and enduring love and the transformative powers of music ... more

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