Originally recorded for my first album XII Taboos. Re-released in 2013 by the UK charity Walking the Front to raise funds for service men and women returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Jellico Express
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Album Lyrics
THE JELLICOE EXPRESS
Always the same waiting for the train
To whistle twice coming round the bend
Never again will I let you die
Or slip away into the sands of time
I’m waiting for the Jellicoe Express
10.55; I heard the victory cry
Mama’s alone because my dad has died
The bravest man you set your eyes upon
But now he’s gone into a foreign land
I’m waiting for the Jellicoe Express
Whiter than white gravestones and poppies bright
All is quiet on a silent night
Never again waiting for the train
To whistle twice coming round the bend
I’m waiting for the Jellicoe Express