A Tricky Tale - Eleventh Earl of Mar Lyrics

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
Eleventh Earl of Mar couldn't get them very far
Daddy! Oh Daddy, you promised
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, the conquering heroes, with blisters on their feet
Eleventh Earl of Mar somehow got them all this far
Daddy! You promised, you promised
See the Stewart are 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
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
Eleventh Earl of Mar Well he couldn't get them down that far
Daddy! I'm waiting, I'm waiting
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
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. On!
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
Bury your memories bury your friends, leave it alone for a year or two
Till the stories go hazy and the legends come through, then do it again. Some things never end
Eleventh Earl of Mar won't be going very far
You Promised, You Promised, You Promised
DADDY!
MOM!