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Where Do We Go, Boys

from Trench Songs by The Fugitives

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Where Do We Go From Here, Boys
(Lyrics from ‘In an Old-Fashioned Town’ by Ada L. Harris and ‘Where Do We Go From Here’ by Percy Wenrich/Howard Johnson)

There’s an old-fashioned house in and old-fashioned street
In a quaint little old-fashioned town
There’s a street where the cobblestones harass the feet
As it straggles uphill and then down
And through to and fro through the world I must go
My heart while it beats in my breast
Where-ever I may roam to that old-fashioned home
Will fly back like a bird to its nest

Burn a light, in the night
Keep the fire burning still
Till I make it back home

In that old-fashioned house in that old-fashioned street
Dwell a dear little old-fashioned pair
I can see their two faces, so tender and sweet
And I love every wrinkle that’s there
I love every mouse in that old-fashioned house
In the street that runs uphill and down
Each stone and each stick, every cobble and brick
In a quaint little old-fashioned town

Burn a light (in the night!), in the night (take me home!)
Keep the fire burning still
Till I make it back home (till the day that I roam!)

Where do we go, where do we go, where do we go from here, boys
Leicester Square, Greenwich Pier, whisper in her ear, boys
And there’s roses that shine in Barkingside but never a rose like her, boys
And roses may die in the summertime but never the one in her eyes (oh!)

Burn a light (burn a light!), in the night (in the night!)
Keep the fire burning still (let me go!)
Take me home (take me home!)
Down the road a-winding
The road without turning my heart is a-yearning
And burning without you
Till I make it back home

Whizz bang! Pipsqueak! OO-plonk! Sst!
Up the ladders! Over! And carry on with it Till I make it back home!
Whizz bang! Pipsqueak! OO-plonk! Sst!
Up the ladders! Over! And carry on with it Till I make it back home!

Where do we go, where do we go, where do we go from here

And through to and fro through the world I must go
My heart while it beats in my breast
Where do we go, where do we go, where do we go from here boys

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from Trench Songs, released November 10, 2020

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The Fugitives Vancouver, British Columbia

Formed in Vancouver in 2007, The Fugitives are a folk collective headed by songwriters Brendan McLeod and Adrian Glynn. The band has toured extensively in Europe & Canada, won multiple folk music awards and released 5 critically-acclaimed albums. Their latest release, Trench Songs, sets new music to soldiers' lyrics from WW1 and was accompanied by a theatrical performance film entitled 'Ridge". ... more

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