Clear The Road To Glory

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. July 2000.

On, On, on to the end of it;
March, March, joyful the trend of it;

Dawn shines bright round the bend of it;
Who can doubt the day?

Ships, Planes, tanks put the pow'r in us,
Freedom fanning the fire in us;

Only one wild desire in us,
As we march away.

Clear the road to Glory,
Sound the rousing drum.

Now to end the story!
Tell the world we come.

Victory advances,
Land, and air, and sea:

Clear the road to Glory,
Till the whole of the world is free.

Clear the road to Glory,
Sound the rousing drum.

Now to end the story!
Tell the world we come.

Victory advances,
Land, and air, and sea:

Clear the road to Glory,
Till the whole of the world is free.

No more waiting and wondering,
No one swerving or blundering,

March on, roaring and thundering,
Through the fortress wall.

Hell and hatred attacking us,
Bomb nor blast ever cracking us,

March on, millions are backing us,
Millions wait the call.

Clear the road to Glory,
Sound the rousing drum.

Now to end the story!
Tell the world we come.

Victory advances,
Land, and air, and sea:

Clear the road to Glory,
Till the whole of the world is free.

Clear the road to Glory,
Sound the rousing drum.

Now to end the story!
Tell the world we come.

Victory advances,
Land, and air, and sea:

Clear the road to Glory,
Till the whole of the world is free.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
synth strings
synth brass
Lyric-tune
Clear The Road to Glory!
(March of Liberation)
1944
Ivor Novello - Music
Christopher Hassall - words
The war was at its height and England needed stirring
songs to sing
When Noel Coward commented upon
the potency of cheap music
he never spoke a truer word
yet here is a piece that transcends all that
with it's bull-dog like marching
rhythms and the words by that splendid chap
Christopher Hassall.
Doug Grierson found this piece for me last night and I
could hardly wait to get started on it.
I have written in three bars at the end just to round it off.
Sequenced by Dr. James Pitt-Payne in London UK
Karaoke by
Bunty Pritchard Jones
Clear the Road to Glory! 1944 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 16 July 2000

Clear The Road to Glory! 1944 Ivor Novello with words by Christopher Hassall