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Long Gone, Not Forgotten
A few years ago, I was collecting all the Sandy Denny albums I could get my hands on. She died at the very young age of 31 in April 1978, as a result of complications from a fall down a staircase, hitting her head on concrete.
When I was collecting her albums, I don’t remember ever seeing any videos of her performing. That changed yesterday when I found this 1970 video of her performing four songs, including John the Gun, one of my favorites.
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Fotheringay Live at The Beat Club 1970
00:00 Nothing More
04:52 Gypsy Davey
08:42 John The Gun
13:34 Too Much Of Nothing
John the Gun Lyrics
My shadow follows me
Wherever I should chance to go
John The Gun did say
’’If you should chance to meet me
As I wander to and fro
Sad would be your day”
Put away your guns of steel
Death comes too soon for all
Your Master He may need you soon
And you must heed His call
My life is mine my gun did shine
To take what goes before me
Never shall I fall
Ideals of peace are gold
Which fools have found
Upon the plains of war
I shall destroy them all
Put away your guns of steel
Death comes too soon for all
Your Master He may need you soon
And you must heed His call
I am the master of the games
That you will hardly ever play
So I will teach your sons
And if they should die
Before the evening of their span of days
Why will they die
Put away your guns of steel
Death comes too soon for all
Your Master He may need you soon
And you must heed His call
Condemn me not
For always will I play the game of war
In moonshine or in sun
If any cross the path I choose to tread
Their chances they are poor
My name is John The Gun
Put away your guns of steel
Death comes too soon for all
Your Master He may need you soon
And you must heed His call
Sandy Denny, Chipstead Street, London 1972 by Jon Lyons