The Trumpeter.

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. Apr 2001.

Trumpeter, what are you sounding now?
(Is it the call I'm seeking?)

"You'll know the call", said the Trumpeter tall,
"When my trumpet goes a~speakin'.

I'm rousin' 'em up, I'm wakin' 'em up,
The tents are astir in the valley,

And there's no more sleep, with the first sun's peep,
For I'm soundin' the old reveille!
"Rise up!" Said the Trumpeter tall.

Trumpeter, what are you sounding now?
(Is it the call I'm seeking?)

"Can't mistake the call", said the Trumpeter tall,
"When my trumpet goes a~speakin'.

I'm urgin' 'em on, they're scamperin' on,
There's a drummin' of hoofs like thunder.

There's a mad'nin' shout as the sabres flash out,
For I'm sounding the "Charge", no wonder!
"And it's hell," said the Trumpeter tall.

Trumpeter, what are you sounding now?
(Is it the call I'm seeking?)

"Lucky for you if you hear it at all,
For my trumpet's but faintly speakin'.

I'm callin' 'em home! Come home! Come home!
Tread light o'er the dead in the valley,

Who are lyin' around face down to the ground,
And they can't hear me sound the "Rally".

But they'll hear it again in a grand refrain,
When Gabriel sounds the last "Rally".

But they'll hear it again in a grand refrain,
When Gabriel sounds the last "Rally".

Soft karaoke
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syn str 1
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The Trumpeter 1904 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 01 Apr 2001

The Trumpeter 1904 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 01 Apr 2001
Music by J. Airlie Dix
words by J. Francis Barron
copyright 1904 by Boosey and Co.
sequenced for Ian Cousins
by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 01 Apr 2001
in association with Doug Grierson