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Housesteads - Hadrians Wall - Northumbria

from My Mother's Country by Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotters Bequest

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Housesteads was a Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall. It was manned by young soldiers from western Europe. In 382 AD the Picts staged a major uprising.

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HOUSESTEADS - HADRIAN'S WALL - NORTHUMBRIA

Shadows creep like wanton children stalk the lantern on the wall
here alone I wait at midnight hear the footsteps, hear the calls
as the conquered roam amongst the shadows
through the trees and countryside while the legions huddle
locked in mileposts, trying best to hide.

Four years since I joined the legion marched a thousand miles or more
scaled the mountains, sailed the oceans
watched the lions on distant shores
from the farmyards of a Frisian forest
now with Thracians, Pans and Gauls
here we stand forever, backs together
lost on Hadrian’s Wall.

Shrouded in mists of midnight, Pictish nations heed the call
conquerers locked in mileposts - Pans and Goths and Gauls
wrapped in our cloaks of conquest here at
Housesteads on the Wall
pipes of the Caledonias
prophesy our fall - evermore.

Campfires flicker ‘neath the ridgeline like a universe of stars
sharpened steel and bow string nerves
rehearse the carnage, death and scars
I’m a Frisian boy on German duty
for Roman rule on British soil
I’m a simple pawn in a mass deception
in someone else’s war.

Shrouded in mists of midnight, Pictish nations heed the call
conquerers locked in mileposts - Pans and Goths and Gauls
wrapped in our cloaks of conquest here at
Housesteads on the Wall
pipes of the Caledonias
prophesy our fall - evermore.

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from My Mother's Country, released September 1, 1998
Gavin O'Loghlen : Acoustic and electric guitars, drums, bass, percussion, bodhran,keyboards, kalimba, vocals, F whistle, bagpipes
Stephanie Graeber : Violin
Daniel Seymour : Military snare
Anne Dormer : Vocals
Angelee Theodoros : lead vocals
Music and words written by Gavin O'Loghlen

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Gavin O'Loghlen Australia

Cotters Bequest is a seven piece progressive Celtic band playing 28 instruments including Highland, Uilleann, Northumbrian and Scottish smallpipes, Irish whistles, violin, cello and accordion wrapped in layers of acoustic and electric guitars, vintage keyboards and rich vocal harmonies.

In the style of "a Celtic King Crimson..a Pink Floyd with bagpipes.. with a sprinkling of Peter Gabriel."
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