Union Songs

The Everlasting Drum

A song by Jez Lowe©Lowe Life Music

As morning drew the curtains, perhaps you heard it start
The marching drum it echoed like the beating of a heart
Beneath the smoking chimneys of houses row on row
With shining brass and banners proud, the town would watch them go

Chorus
Banners blazing bright, hoist them high, hoist them high
We're marching for the promise of a better day to come
Banners blazing bright, hoist them high, hoist them high
We're marching to the beating of an everlasting drum

The city streets were crowded, they came from miles around
To see the celebrations, to hear the marching sound
The carnivals, the speeches, we'd drink the barrels dry
And everywhere you looked the sight of banners in the sky

But now an age is ended, and darkness might prevail
And working folk are stranded, adrift without a sail
Don't let them think we're beaten, don't let them think they've won
The one thing to be beaten is that everlasting drum

Notes

Many thanks to Jez Lowe for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.
Visit Jez's website at http://www.jezlowe.com/

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