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Fly The Flag

from Home Waters Live by Sam Carter

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    When Sam Carter envisioned his acclaimed fourth album Home Waters - released in the early throes of the pandemic - as 'a search for a sense of belonging and stability in unfamiliar territory', he couldn't have known how prescient that would turn out to be.

    Sam returns now with Home Waters Live, his first post-lockdown performance with the Home Waters Quartet, captured in exquisite studio-quality audio. This Bandcamp-exclusive album features a brand new version of the traditional English song Just As The Tide Was Flowing, as well as all the songs of Home Waters, alongside selected songs from Sam's back catalogue. The perfect audio companion to the online premiere of Home Waters In Concert, which airs on Bandcamp on 24th September, to coincide with the album release.

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  • Home Waters artwork woodcut print, designed and hand-printed to order by Sheffield artist John Pedder. Sold unframed, this landscape print measures around 25" by 13" (slightly bigger than a gatefold vinyl cover). Limited to 50 signed numbered editions.
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  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 8 Sam Carter releases available on Bandcamp and save 15%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Home Waters Live, Home Waters, How The City Sings, Live At The Union Chapel, The No Testament, Lumpy's Lullaby, Keepsakes, and Here In The Ground. , and , .

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lyrics

This old ship is sinking fast
We nail our colours to the mast for one more fight
And where the captain should be sat
A bulldog in a bowler hat is out to bite

Fly the flag and plunder
Why the flag again?
It’s the pride behind the blunder
A flag that flies in vain

The captain barks his last command:
‘Shoot every stranger where they stand to save our lives’
Friendly fire ignites the seas
As allies become enemies before our eyes

Fly the flag and plunder
Why the flag again?
It’s the pride behind the blunder
A flag that flies in vain

And this war we wage
And this aimless rage
Is not mine
And this war we wage
And this aimless rage
Is not mine

We can raise this tattered rag
And brag we’ve got our country back but what’s the cost
The twelve gold stars that led the way
Have vanished in the light of day and now we’re lost

Fly the flag and plunder
Why the flag again?
It’s the pride behind the blunder
A flag that flies in vain
A flag that flies in vain

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from Home Waters Live, released September 24, 2021

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‘Sam Carter is a brilliant guitarist and songwriter who combines the observational with social comment and personal reflection’ Songlines

2010 BBC Folk Awards Horizon Award Winner

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