Eleventh Earl of Mar

[Instrumental Intro]

[Part I]

[Verse 1]

The sun had been up for a couple of hours

Covered the ground with a layer of gold

Spirits were high and the raining had stopped

The larder was low, but boy that wasn't all

[Refrain]

Eleventh Earl of Mar couldn't get them very far

Daddy! Oh daddy, you promised

[Verse 2]

Out on the road in the direction of Perth

Backwards and forwards in a circle they went

Found a city half open and ready to greet

Those conquering heroes with blisters on their feet

[Refrain]

Eleventh Earl of Mar

Somehow got them all this far

Daddy! You promised, you promised

[Bridge]

See the Stewart all dressed up

He's got eyes in the back of his head

Who came in a cockleshell boat

That could only just float

Couldn't even lift a sword

Dressed too fine and smelling of wine

Daddy, you've got to go!

Here comes the bishop all dressed up

He's gonna bless you if you're ready to pay

One wave of his funny old stick

There's a band of light across your eyes

[Verse 3]

Waited a week, still they hadn't appeared

That glorious timing that everyone feared

So they're riding along on the crest of a wave

They're headed for London and that will be their grave

[Refrain]

Eleventh Earl of Mar well, he couldn't get them down that far

Daddy! I'm waiting, I'm waiting

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Part II: Verse 4]

Time to go to bed now, never seems too keen

To be a guest now in a house of dreams

Flying from a hillside, beckoning the trees

A sailboat's awning mimicking the breeze

[Part III: Verse 5]

I'm fighting gravity falling

My Daddy won't let them get me

A voice screams, seems to be calling

The face turns, features are burning, no

[Part I return]

[Bridge]

Daddy, you've got to go!

See the Fifteen going by

Tell the Lairds and the Lords

They're running backwards today

And once again you stand alone

[Verse 5]

Bury your memories, bury your friends

Leave it alone for a year or two

Till the stories go hazy and the legends come true

Then do it again, some things never end

[Refrain]

Eleventh Earl of Mar won't be going very far

You promised, you promised, you promised

Daddy!

[Instrumental Outro]