Note: all tracks recorded under the names Academy 23 or UNIT are the property of DNA Records and protected by copyright, regardless of who wrote the works concerned. This is a track recorded in November 2021 for our 49th album: Alone In A Quiet Place. This includes our brief arrangement of Prince Rupert’s March, written by an anonymous English composer circa 1645, during the first Civil War coupled with a quote from an apposite poem by Robert Burns.
Try as I might, I had no notion what to do
on the field of Edgehill in 1642.
I waded through a fearful hill of blood and gore
on the field of Marston Moor in 1644.
Crécy 26th August 1346; Poitiers 18th September 1356
Agincourt 25th October 1415; Trafalgar 21st October 1805
Waterloo 18th June 1815 : very well, you damned Frogs – bring it on!
Ye hypocrites! Are these your pranks,
to murder men an’ gie God thanks?
Desist, fae shame; proceed no further.
God won’t accept your thanks for murder.
I struggled manfully to live and stay alive
on the field of Naseby in 1645.
I surveyed a broken nation nobody could fix
at the siege of Newark in 1646.
Andy Martin – Vocals, Hammond Organ, Church Organ, CS 80, Piano.
Keilan Knight – 5 String Bass Guitar, Military Drums.
Colin Murrell – Drums, Vibraphone.
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Simon Kirk – Anglo Saxon Recitation.
Akira Ishii – Flute, Tenor Recorder.
Text & Music – Andy Martin © 2021.
If you have enjoyed this track we recommend you check out these works by UNIT on this site
A Study Of Alkaline Metals
Amery Hill School
A Song For Eric Cooper
Israel Is Real
The Unwanted
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes
The Quasar
Sports Day
Barbara’s Bridge
A Normal Child
Asperger’s Boy
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