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Monty's Brothers

from The Power Behind The Throne by Blyth Power

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Praise that valiant name
But don’t forget the men who left their bones at Alamein

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The desert wind a dry Sirocco
Was blowing hard across the coastal plain from Egypt to Morocco
Fortunes turned we ran away
Backwards to the delta to retreat in disarray
We lost Tobruk we lost Gazala
Because we’d nothing that could penetrate their heavy frontal armour
Outperformed and undergunned
We could only keep on running til we’d nowhere left to run
They used the ground and the wide open spaces
They turned their anti-aircraft guns around and shot them in our faces
So we learned this bitter lesson
That valour is the biggest indiscretion

Then word came through a new commander
Had been sent to shake things up again by General Alexander
I knew the name and one hears rumours
And then I met a chap who’d served with him on Army Group manoeuvres
He said ‘He’s hard obsessed with winning
Doesn’t gamble drink or smoke and that he’s terrified of women’
And his ears stuck out like a pair of handles
As if to stop his hat from slipping with their perpendicular angles
And his knees were white as lilies
There was nothing to suggest he was a modern day Achilles
But when he spoke it lit a fire
And suddenly we’d found a new messiah

In good old Monty thanks for victory
For the footnote we played in history
For his platitudes and his propriety
And all the joy we found in his society
For our place at the hinge of destiny
For the goal and the opportunity
To lay our bones here for all eternity
Let this song then our valediction be

At Alamein he took a chance
We dug in along the ridge and there we halted their advance
Low on fuel and low on water
Their shipping interdicted by our bombers out of Malta
And the Fox became the quarry
As we piled it on in General Grants and General Motors lorries
Then came Torch and Patton landed
And suddenly the struggle was no longer even handed
And their rout became a scramble
As they were caught between the hammer and the anvil

In defeat he was unbeatable
But in victory the dish became uneatable
But he was our mage he was our Merlin
Although he ballsed up Market Garden and he never captured Berlin
We loved his style we loved his tricks
We loved the way he didn’t dwell too long on casualty lists
We loved the man we loved the hour
And his expression of impatience when he talked to Eisenhower
But he was no saint, he was no god
And it was ordinary soldiers in whose giant steps he trod
So when you dwell upon his name
Don’t forget the rest who died along the way

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from The Power Behind The Throne, released June 7, 2023

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Since 1984 Blyth Power have been playing and recording original music, which although regarded by many as fitting into the folk rock catergory goes so much further. Based around the lyrics of songwriter Joseph Porter, the band's sound is unique, and there is an atmosphere to Blyth Power that adds a depth to the music, and makes them more than just another pop group. ... more

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