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The Devil's Own Brigade (with slouch and swing)

from Arrows of the Golden Moon by The Devil's Spine Band

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The Devil’s Own Brigade ( With Slouch and Swing)
( extracts from Oscar Wilde’s “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”)
Words Oscar Wilde arr Olwen Fouéré/Trevor Knight/Honor Heffernan Music Trevor Knight and Ed Deane)

I walk, with other souls in pain,
Within another ring,
Wondering if the man has done
A great or little thing,
When a voice behind me whispers low,
"That fellows got to swing."

So with curious eyes and sick surmise
We watch him day by day,
And wonder if each one of us
Will end the self-same way,
For none can tell to what red Hell
His sightless soul may stray.

With slouch and swing around the ring
We walk the Fool's Parade!
We do not care: we know we are
The Devil's Own Brigade.

Like two doomed ships that pass in storm
We cross each other's way:
But we make no sign, we say no word,
We have no word to say;
For we do not meet in the holy night,
But in the shameful day.

And all the while the burning lime
Eats flesh and bone away,
It eats the brittle bone by night,
And the soft flesh by day,
It eats the flesh and bones by turns,
But it eats the heart away

With slouch and swing around the ring
We walk the Fool's Parade!
We do not care: we know we are
The Devil's Own Brigade.

Each narrow cell in which we dwell
Is a foul and dark latrine,
And the fetid breath of living Death
Chokes up each grated screen,
And all but Lust, is turned to dust
In Humanity's machine.

Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard
Some do it with a bitter look
Some with a flattering word.
The coward does it with a kiss
The brave man with a sword.

With slouch and swing around the ring
We walk the Fool's Parade!
We do not care: we know we are
The Devil's Own Brigade.

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from Arrows of the Golden Moon, released January 17, 2024
2.The Devil’s Own Brigade (with slouch and swing) 6.34
(Music Trevor Knight and Ed Deane Lyrics Oscar Wilde arr Olwen Fouéré/Trevor Knight and Honor Heffernan)
TK Keyboards/ Percussion/Programmer/ Vocal
Honor Heffernan Vocals
Tom Jamieson Drums
Ed Deane Guitars

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Trevor Knight Dublin, Ireland

Trevor Knight is a composer who specializes in multi-disciplinary and collaborative work.

Keyboard player in 1970’s with Irish bands Naima and Metropolis. In 1980 in Holland, he formed Auto da Fé with singer Gay Woods recording three albums and toured Ireland/ UK extensively.
He has recorded and performed with artists such as Paul Brady, Philip Lynott, Mary Coughlan, Roger Doyle and Donovan. ... more

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