Performed by Big Country (Bruce Watson, Mark Brzezicki, Jamie Watson, Mike Peters & Derek Forbes) in concert on 30 December 2012 at the Glen Pavilion in Dunfermline.
Lyrics: Richard Jobson
Music: Stuart Adamson
Into the valley
Betrothed and divine
Realisations no virtue
But who can define
Why soldiers go marching
Those masses align
This disease is catching
From victory to stone
Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky
Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier
Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured
Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die
Out of concealment
Blank and stark eyed
Why so uncertain
This culture deceives
Prophesied, brainwashed
Tomorrow's demise
All systems failing
The placards unroll
Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky
Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier
Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured
Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die
Time for the audit
Gathering trial
La la la la La
La la la la la
La la la la La
La la la la la
Collector’s dilemma
Positioned and filed
Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky
Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier
Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured
Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die
(Into the valley)
Betrothed and divine
Realisations no virtue
But who can define
Why soldiers go marching
Those masses align
This disease is catching
From victory to stone