Done With Bonaparte

[Subdeacon Joe]

 

 

Done With Bonaparte

Mark Knopfler

 

We've paid in hell since Moscow burned

As Cossacks tear us piece by piece

Our dead are strewn a hundred leagues

Though death would be a sweet release

And our Grande Armée is dressed in rags

A frozen, starving, beggar band

Like rats we steal each other's scraps

Fall to fighting hand to hand

 

Save my soul from evil, Lord

And heal this soldier's heart

I'll trust in thee to keep me, Lord

I'm done with Bonaparte

 

What dreams he made for us to dream

Spanish skies, Egyptian sands

The world was ours, we marched upon

Our little Corporal's command

And I lost an eye at Austerlitz

The sabre slash yet gives me pain

My one true love awaits me still

The flower of the Aquitaine

 

Save my soul from evil, Lord

And heal this soldier's heart

I'll trust in thee to keep me, Lord

I'm done with Bonaparte

 

I pray for her who prays for me

A safe return to my belle France

We prayed these wars would end all wars

In war, we know, is no romance

And I pray our child will never see

A little Corporal again

Point toward a foreign shore

Captivate the hearts of men

 

Save my soul from evil, Lord

And heal this soldier's heart

I'll trust in thee to keep me, Lord

I'm done with Bonaparte

[Alpo]

16 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

And I pray our child will never see

A little Corporal again

Point toward a foreign shore

Captivate the hearts of men

And about 120 years later ...

[Subdeacon Joe]

11 minutes ago, Alpo said:

And about 120 years later ...

 

Maybe closer to 220?

[Chantry]

Done With Bonaparte and Brothers in Arms are both songs that capture what it is like to be a soldier better than any other song I've heard.   Mark Knopfler is an extremely talented songwriter when it comes to a song that tells a story.

 

Some are sad & serious like Done With Bonaparte and Brothers in Arms.  Some are whimsical like Secondary Waltz and Quality Shoe.  Money for Nothing is a very good satire song about the early days of MTV.

 

Much of Mark Kopfler's work, either a solo artist or as part of Dire Straits can be heard on YouTube and he is definitely a musician that gets better the more you hear.

[Alpo]

1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

Maybe closer to 220?

1812 to around 1933ish. Another little corporal decided he wanted to take over the world.

 

220 would be 2032. I don't think we've got there yet.

[Subdeacon Joe]

8 minutes ago, Alpo said:

1812 to around 1933ish. Another little corporal decided he wanted to take over the world.

 

220 would be 2032. I don't think we've got there yet.

 

 

Ah!  I was thinking, roughly, Waterloo to Ukraine Part 2.