Dieppe

from Canada Songs by John Spearn

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 CAD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

We rode on a wave to Dieppe that day
There was Frenchy, Mack, n’ me, in our proud Black Berets.
Canadian Commandos, 5000 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 rock 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 armor rollin’, closer than they wanted to be
It seemed so sudden, for Frenchy
“. . . Pousser des cris”
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 . . .
1000 men lay dyin’, dear Lord . . . cry no more
[We rode on a wave, to Dieppe that day]…

credits

from Canada Songs, released January 1, 2002

license

about

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

johnspearn.ca

contact / help

Contact John Spearn

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like John Spearn, you may also like:

Too Many Souls
by Avi C. Engel

The haunting new record from Canadian folk artist Avi C. Engel bridges old and new traditions with a minimalist approach. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 24, 2024
go to album
Sanguinaria
by Avi C. Engel

Sanguine but uplifting, the Toronto singer-songwriter's "transfigured" folk songs ponder existential themes with grace and wonder. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 21, 2023
go to album
Looking Out My Window
by CARLENE

Drift away with these dreamlike songs from reclusive folk singer CARLENE, who pairs evocative lyrics with hushed arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable May 8, 2023
go to album
We are only Sound
by Lucy Farrell

The long-time composer's debut folk album has exuberant and meditative moments. Bandcamp New & Notable May 5, 2023
go to album
LC02
by Low Chord

featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 24, 2023
go to album
Everything Returns
by Black Ox Orkestar

The Montréal quartet unite various threads of Jewish diaspora music under a hauntingly beautiful banner. Bandcamp Album of the Day Dec 1, 2022
go to album
Made To Touch
by Anna Arrobas

Anna Arobas makes intricate, otherworldly folk-pop with delicate, glacial arrangements but a howl of heartbreak at the center. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 11, 2022
go to album