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FIELDS OF NORMANDY

from SUMMER BEFORE THE STORM by Grievous Angels

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FIELDS OF NORMANDY
In a world of darkness someday a voice will sing
In the silence from the guns I heard a church bell ring
And I will carve your name for all the world to see
So you can sleep in peace tonight in the fields of Normandy

In the hedgerows and the wheat fields from Courseulles to Falaise
We gave the youth of our nation who never came home again
but in your time you lit a fire that all the world could see
So sleep in peace ‎tonight my friend in the fields of Normandy.

I will write your name at the abbeye d'ardenne
And I will bring the chocolates for the children of Arnhem
‎At the Leopold canal where the water now flows free
And I know you sleep in peace tonight in the fields of Normandy.

Your name was on the a telegram that we saw the postman bring
And we keep a place for you each night with the songs that we sing
There are children who are living, the children of liberty
And they sing for you tonight in the fields of Normandy.

On the sand you wrote your name with the blood of liberty
And died here in a foreign land so that others might be free
It’s a spirit that the world still needs amidst the wars and refugees
But you can sleep in peace my friend in the fields of Normandy.

credits

from SUMMER BEFORE THE STORM, released January 15, 2021
Charlie Angus - lead vocals, guitar
Andy Maize - vocals
Janet Mercier – vocals
Peter Jellard - fiddle, accordian, harmonica, vocals
Tim Hadley - bass, vocals
Ian McKendry – guitar
Andy Sequire – keyboards
Nathan Mahaffy -drums, vocals
Blair Yarrington - trumpet

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GRIEVOUS ANGELS Cobalt, Ontario

“Authentic like Johnny Cash and Woody Guthrie”

“This is a brilliant folk album, and one for our times."
-The Spill Magazine


For the last three decades, the Grievous Angels have been carving out a unique place in the alt-roots landscape. Their songs conjure the tragic beauty of Canada’s northern blue collar frontier.

Their 8th album is a kick ass journey through dark and unsettled times. ... more

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