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Dieppe (Unplugged)

from Lonely Heroes: Abroad by John Spearn

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We rode on a wave to Dieppe that day] There was Frenchy, Mac, and me, in our proud black berets.
Canadian commandos, five thousand strong were we
So glad to be delivering liberty, but the Germans were there on the shore
Dave Mack ran a gamut, way out in front of the boys
We just couldn’t see through the smoke, fire and noise
we knew he could run, but soft sand, his pack and his gun
In a blinding flash on the shore-cry no more
Frenchy led the way past the gun caves we could see
With a fine eye and luck, he knocked out two or three
The boys heard armour rollin’, closer than they wanted to be
It seemed so sudden for Frenchy- pousser de cries.
With as many dead as wounded, pinned down we can’t break free
I just want to go back to my Saskatoon prairie
They’re picking us off like flies, I can’t take it no more
Dear Lord, please sail us off this shore
One thousand me lay dyin’, dear Lord-cry no more.

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from Lonely Heroes: Abroad, released August 18, 2014

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John Spearn Edmonton, Alberta

You’ll instantly catch these deep influences threaded through John’s fine vocals, lyrics, and rootsy, guitar-mastered songwriting works. This is pure Canadiana: forgotten but deserving heroes, the humility in our international image, and a superb range of tender ballads through to raw, foot-stompin’ stories that need to be told. ... more

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