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The Piper

from Here be Dragons by Matt Steady

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lyrics

Millen played "Road to the Isles" as we sailed to Normandy's beach
Wading through the surf we died to the "Highland Laddie" 's refrain
Over the screams of mortars and men, the sound of courage remains
Armed with nothing but madness and luck, the piper marches on all the same

Pipers had long been a thing of the past, too easy to pick off as sport
You can only boost a soldier’s morale if you manage to play and not die
Lord Lovat’s defiance of the English war rules was typically devil-may-care
You and I are both Scottish, my lad, and that ruling just doesn’t apply
Over the screams of mortars and men the sound of courage remains
Armed with nothing but madness and luck, the piper marches on all the same

The only time that the bagpipes fell quiet was under sniper fire at de Caen
Lovet stalked and despatched him with ease and ordered the bagpipes to play
The pipes took shrapnel on the Pegasus Bridge as Millen walked down the length
Head held high, with his heart in his mouth, I watched him live through that day
Over the screams of mortars and men, the sound of courage remains
Armed with nothing but madness and luck, the piper marches on all the same

Millen played "Road to the Isles" as we sailed to Normandy's beach
Wading through the surf we died to the "Highland Laddie" 's refrain
Over the screams of mortars and men, the sound of courage remains
Armed with nothing but madness and luck, the piper marches on all the same

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from Here be Dragons, released December 1, 2018

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