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Canaries
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Singer/Songwriter
Canaries was released on June 17, 2022 by Fluff and Gravy Records as a part of the album Freakons
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Release DateJune 17, 2022
LabelFluff and Gravy Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Freakons
Freakons
Performer
Jonathan Denis Langford
Jonathan Denis Langford
Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Catherine Ann Irwin
Catherine Ann Irwin
Background Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Sally Armisen
Sally Armisen
Background Vocals
James Elkington
James Elkington
Electric Guitar
Jean Cook
Jean Cook
Violin, Background Vocals
Anna Krippenstapel
Anna Krippenstapel
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jonathan Denis Langford
Jonathan Denis Langford
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Freakons
Freakons
Producer

Lyrics

Lloyd George knew my father
Father knew Lloyd George
He stayed at home and dug for coal
To wage the First World War
Why was he born so beautiful?
Why was he born at all?
An old canary on his perch - we wait to see him fall
It's a pretty gift to serve the king
And march off to the front
A place so wonderful they seldom
Bother to come back
As gas rolls through the trenches
The early warning sounds
Clinging to the ceiling in black tunnels underground
Rolled up on a pigeon's leg
In Morse code on the wire
News of the explosion told of
Gas and rock and fire
So I came home a new born babe
To see is to believe
Curled up, trembling at the hearth
Absent without leave
Singing Onward Christian Soldiers
With the Colliery brass band
We buried those recovered
With their pay-books in their hands
Lloyd George knew my father
But my father was not found
He wears a crown of anthracite
In darkness underground
The home fires burn and even
Mrs. Pankhurst got in line
Kaiser Bill was on the run
And victory is thine
And shell-shocked young deserters
Were lined up against the wall
Canaries falling to the earth - A warning to us all
The best will choke in darkness both
On Flanders mud and slag
A pretty gift to put before
The Empire and the flag
Why were they born so beautiful?
Why were they born at all?
Canaries will fall from their perch
If danger should befall
Written by: Jonathan Denis Langford
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