Eleventh Earl Of Mar

The sun had been up

for a couple of hours,

It covered the ground

with a layer of gold.

Spirits were high

and the raining had stopped,

The larder was low,

but boy that wasn't all.

Eleventh Earl of Mar

Couldn't get them very far.

Daddy!

Oh Daddy.

You Promised.



Out on the road

in the direction of Perth,

Backwards and forwards

in a circle they went.

Found a city half open

and ready to greet,

Those conquering heroes,

with blisters on their feet.

Eleventh Earl of Mar

Somehow got them all this far.

Daddy!

You Promised,

You Promised!



See the Stewart

all dressed up

He's got eyes

in the back of his head.

Who came

in a cockleshell boat

That could only just float.

Couldn't even lift a sword.

Dressed too fine

and smelling of wine.



Daddy

you've got to go!

Here comes the Bishop

all dressed up

He's gonna bless you

if you're ready to pay

One wave

of his funny old stick,

There's a band of light

across your eyes.



Waited a week

still they hadn't appeared.

That glorious timing

that everyone feared.

So they're riding along

on the crest of a wave.

They're headed for London,

And that will be their grave

Eleventh Earl of Mar,

Well he couldn't get them

down that far

Daddy!

I'm waiting,

I'm waiting!



Time to go to bed now

Never seems too keen

To be a guest now

In a house of dreams



Flying from a hillside

Beckoning the trees

A sailboat's awning

Mimicking the breeze



I'm fighting

gravity falling

My Daddy

won't let them get me

A voice screams

seems to be calling

The face turns

features are burning.



Daddy,

you've got to go!

See the fifteen going by,

Tell the Lairds and the Lords

They're running

backwards today,

And once again

you stand alone.



Bury your memories

bury your friends,

Leave it alone

for a year or two.

Till the stories go hazy

and the legends come true,

Then do it again.

Some things never end.

Eleventh Earl of Mar

Won't be going very far.

You Promised.



You Promised.



You Promised.



DADDY!