Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:43:39 +0200 https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/ en-EN contact@hearthis.at contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/ https://img.hearthis.at/6/8/1/_/uploads/3921787/image_user/w1400_h1400_q70_ptrue_v2_----cropped_1557352433186.jpg no no https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/a-matter-of-time-full-band/ Credits:
Ashley Cowan - owner/author music & lyrics, vocals, guitars, producer
Frank (Shizack) Robinson - Bass
Fred E. Jam - Drums, Edit, Mix/Master

Oh they shot you down, shot you in the face
Came to your home, shot you were you lay
you were so tough, you were so hard
now you're a mark, on the coroners card
Whoaa they shot you down

There's a new king in town and he's after your place
You can cut of the head, but you won't kill the snake
But they'll get him too, its just a matter of time
Yeah join the queue, you better get in line
Whoaa they shot you down

Its just a matter of time

Oh they shot you down, shot you in the face
Came to your home, shot you were you lay
you were so tough, you were so hard
now you're a mark, on the coroners card

Whoaa they shot you down

Its just a matter of time
© Ashley Cowan
]]> Credits:
Ashley Cowan - owner/author music & lyrics, vocals, guitars, producer
Frank (Shizack) Robinson - Bass
Fred E. Jam - Drums, Edit, Mix/Master

Oh they shot you down, shot you in the face
Came to your home, shot you were you lay
you were so tough, you were so hard
now you're a mark, on the coroners card
Whoaa they shot you down

There's a new king in town and he's after your place
You can cut of the head, but you won't kill the snake
But they'll get him too, its just a matter of time
Yeah join the queue, you better get in line
Whoaa they shot you down

Its just a matter of time

Oh they shot you down, shot you in the face
Came to your home, shot you were you lay
you were so tough, you were so hard
now you're a mark, on the coroners card

Whoaa they shot you down

Its just a matter of time
© Ashley Cowan
]]> 966248 no no Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200 2020-05-10T21:01:04+02:00 4:40 https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/the-battle-for-walter-tull-full-band/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/33844959524/

Despite military regulations forbidding "any negro or person of colour" being an officer, Tull received his commission in May, 1917.

“He made a mockery of the firmly held view of the Army Council that white rank-and-file soldiers would not take orders from a black man. A soldier that inspired such love in contradiction of ‘commonsense’ notions and official rules and regulations should be a prime candidate for national recognition. Currently we are doing workshops about Tull in schools, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the incredulous response to not knowing him is always met with a desire by young pupils to energetically explore his life.”

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/03/walter-tull-black-football-pioneer-military-cross-tottenham?CMP=share_btn_fb

On 25th March, 1918, 2nd Lieutenant Tull was ordered to lead his men on an attack on the German trenches at Favreuil. Soon after entering No Mans Land, Tull was hit by a German bullet. Tull was such a popular officer that several of his men made valiant efforts under heavy fire from German machine-guns to bring him back to the British trenches. These efforts were in vain as Tull had died soon after being hit.

He was the first British-born black army officer and the first black officer to lead white British troops into battle.

He played 111 times for Northampton Town FC and was signed by Rangers FC before he left to fight in the first world war.

Lyrics
Walter Tull died in 1918, shot by a German gun
Private Billingham tried to get to his body, but it couldn’t be done
And as Walter fell, his story died too,
Britain’s first black hero and no one would know the truth

Born in Folkestone in 1888, Walter’s parents died when he was young
Sent to an orphanage in Bethnal Green, a new life in East London
And Walter started playing football and he signed for Tottenham Hotspurs
But the racist abuse down at the Bristol ground
meant they dropped him to the reserves

Walter didn’t care he moved to Northampton Town FC,
Played 111 games before the war intervened
Signed up with his team and they went to the front line
An officer saw something in him that would change the course of time

And if you look in the book of the time
It says only white men can lead the line
But in 1917 Walter stepped out for King and Queen
The first black man to lead the whites,
He fought in six battles before the end of his life
He should have won the MC (Military) cross but the army somehow forgot

Oh Walter you’re a hero, a hero to this land
The first black outfield footballer, the first black officer man
Oh Walter you’re a hero, a hero to my country
Fighting for truth and justice now, something you would never see

Walter Tull, know his name

MASSIVE THANKS to Billy Playle for his editing, bass, drums, cello, mix mastering AND patience, Louise Ring Vangsgaard for her amazing fiddle, Asger Hoyer for his hospitality and recording patience (and one of the acoustic guitars is him!!!) and Fred Jam for all his help and enthusiasm!

Please also check out this excellent website on the history of black footballers in the UK
http://www.vasili.co.uk/
]]> https://www.facebook.com/groups/33844959524/

Despite military regulations forbidding "any negro or person of colour" being an officer, Tull received his commission in May, 1917.

“He made a mockery of the firmly held view of the Army Council that white rank-and-file soldiers would not take orders from a black man. A soldier that inspired such love in contradiction of ‘commonsense’ notions and official rules and regulations should be a prime candidate for national recognition. Currently we are doing workshops about Tull in schools, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the incredulous response to not knowing him is always met with a desire by young pupils to energetically explore his life.”

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/03/walter-tull-black-football-pioneer-military-cross-tottenham?CMP=share_btn_fb

On 25th March, 1918, 2nd Lieutenant Tull was ordered to lead his men on an attack on the German trenches at Favreuil. Soon after entering No Mans Land, Tull was hit by a German bullet. Tull was such a popular officer that several of his men made valiant efforts under heavy fire from German machine-guns to bring him back to the British trenches. These efforts were in vain as Tull had died soon after being hit.

He was the first British-born black army officer and the first black officer to lead white British troops into battle.

He played 111 times for Northampton Town FC and was signed by Rangers FC before he left to fight in the first world war.

Lyrics
Walter Tull died in 1918, shot by a German gun
Private Billingham tried to get to his body, but it couldn’t be done
And as Walter fell, his story died too,
Britain’s first black hero and no one would know the truth

Born in Folkestone in 1888, Walter’s parents died when he was young
Sent to an orphanage in Bethnal Green, a new life in East London
And Walter started playing football and he signed for Tottenham Hotspurs
But the racist abuse down at the Bristol ground
meant they dropped him to the reserves

Walter didn’t care he moved to Northampton Town FC,
Played 111 games before the war intervened
Signed up with his team and they went to the front line
An officer saw something in him that would change the course of time

And if you look in the book of the time
It says only white men can lead the line
But in 1917 Walter stepped out for King and Queen
The first black man to lead the whites,
He fought in six battles before the end of his life
He should have won the MC (Military) cross but the army somehow forgot

Oh Walter you’re a hero, a hero to this land
The first black outfield footballer, the first black officer man
Oh Walter you’re a hero, a hero to my country
Fighting for truth and justice now, something you would never see

Walter Tull, know his name

MASSIVE THANKS to Billy Playle for his editing, bass, drums, cello, mix mastering AND patience, Louise Ring Vangsgaard for her amazing fiddle, Asger Hoyer for his hospitality and recording patience (and one of the acoustic guitars is him!!!) and Fred Jam for all his help and enthusiasm!

Please also check out this excellent website on the history of black footballers in the UK
http://www.vasili.co.uk/
]]> 966249 no no Thu, 09 May 2019 16:00:00 +0200 2020-05-10T21:02:02+02:00 4:31 https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/jean-charles-de-menezes-full-band/ And the people that did it are back at work, yeah that's the way British justice works
One year after he was killed Crown Prosecution Service will reveal that
None of the officers that killed your child will ever have to stand trial
And that's just the way it is my dear, that's just the way it is
It's just the way it is my dear, that's just the way it bloody is

22 07 05 Jean Charles De Menezes dies (English people say 'o' to mean zero in dates and numbers)
Officer Sir Ian Blair suddenly will declare
to suspend an independent police investigation,

Murdered by dum dums, they're against the law yet nothings done
Suddenly no CCTV all a bit.. of
a mystery and a second IPCC investigation (IPCC = Independent Police Complaints Commission)
When they pushed him down they held him to the ground
then they shot him 8 times........ with 7 in his head

Cover up.. because it's getting cold, cover up... and you've been told to
cover up... but the truth's out there, cover up... police don't care,

Cover up .......why did they follow him up the road?
Cover up....... let him on a bus to go?
Cover up....... let him off at Brixton Tube? (Tube = Subway. In this case subway station)
Cover up....... the police didn't have a clue.

Cover up....... let him take a second bus..
Cover up....... he got to Stockwell without a fuss.. (Stockwell is the name of the area where JCDM was killed)
Cover up .......and then they followed him down below...
Cover up....... and they blew his head off as the tube was about to roll. (Tube = subway train)

Fired seven to his head they made sure he was pretty dead and it's...
Sorry we killed your child, our mistake but they'll be no trial and it's..
Wrong time, wrong bloody place, we're sorry about that dear, that's our mistake..
Had him by the arms, yeah that boy from Brazil, he was unarmed

After the appeal was lost the website was taken down.

Sometimes some stories have to be told. Sometimes some stories have to be just kept alive. I'm so glad I made it and I'm so glad the song came out how I imagined it.
Long live Jean Charles de Menezes.

MASSIVE THANKS to Billy Playle for his bass, drums, cello, and Fred Jam for all his mastering help and enthusiasm!]]> And the people that did it are back at work, yeah that's the way British justice works
One year after he was killed Crown Prosecution Service will reveal that
None of the officers that killed your child will ever have to stand trial
And that's just the way it is my dear, that's just the way it is
It's just the way it is my dear, that's just the way it bloody is

22 07 05 Jean Charles De Menezes dies (English people say 'o' to mean zero in dates and numbers)
Officer Sir Ian Blair suddenly will declare
to suspend an independent police investigation,

Murdered by dum dums, they're against the law yet nothings done
Suddenly no CCTV all a bit.. of
a mystery and a second IPCC investigation (IPCC = Independent Police Complaints Commission)
When they pushed him down they held him to the ground
then they shot him 8 times........ with 7 in his head

Cover up.. because it's getting cold, cover up... and you've been told to
cover up... but the truth's out there, cover up... police don't care,

Cover up .......why did they follow him up the road?
Cover up....... let him on a bus to go?
Cover up....... let him off at Brixton Tube? (Tube = Subway. In this case subway station)
Cover up....... the police didn't have a clue.

Cover up....... let him take a second bus..
Cover up....... he got to Stockwell without a fuss.. (Stockwell is the name of the area where JCDM was killed)
Cover up .......and then they followed him down below...
Cover up....... and they blew his head off as the tube was about to roll. (Tube = subway train)

Fired seven to his head they made sure he was pretty dead and it's...
Sorry we killed your child, our mistake but they'll be no trial and it's..
Wrong time, wrong bloody place, we're sorry about that dear, that's our mistake..
Had him by the arms, yeah that boy from Brazil, he was unarmed

After the appeal was lost the website was taken down.

Sometimes some stories have to be told. Sometimes some stories have to be just kept alive. I'm so glad I made it and I'm so glad the song came out how I imagined it.
Long live Jean Charles de Menezes.

MASSIVE THANKS to Billy Playle for his bass, drums, cello, and Fred Jam for all his mastering help and enthusiasm!]]> 966246 no no Thu, 09 May 2019 16:08:00 +0200 2020-05-10T21:01:02+02:00 4:59 https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/age-of-hostility-full-band/ Shouting down her mobile phone, a mountain of testosterone and
Burden of my 176, this messiah needs a crucifix
Don't you stare or don't you laugh, she'll carve you up with an Oyster pass

Cos this is the age, this is the age.... of it now
Cos this is the age, this is the age.... of it now

Volatile like glycerine but none of us can intervene
Cos British fag pack policies have eroded all the authorities
Cos she's young dumb and she don't care, she put your gran in intensive care
From boredom to brutality, this is the age of fatality

Cos this is the age, this is the age.... of it now
Cos this is the age, this is the age.... of it now

Way to late to eradiate, all we do is procreate
Anger and hostility, while schoolboys die in bakeries
And its eye for eye yeah we'll do or die, we'll spin dry out on passers by
From inner city council estates to bus stops we exfoliate...
Anger.
Exfoliate anger.
Exfoliate anger.
Exfoliate anger.

Cos this is the age, this is the age of hostility
Cos this is the age, this is the age of barbarity
Cos this is the age, this is the age of fatality
Cos this is the age, this is the age of insanity

Cos this is the age, this is the age of hostility
Cos this is the age, this is the age of barbarity
Cos this is the age, this is the age of fatality
Cos this is the age, this is the age of insanity

I don't know the Mizen family and I have never met them. I thought long and VERY hard about using Jimmy's picture for this song. In the end I decided to use it as I was moved very much by a TV press interview that his mother once gave. I just want people to look at the picture on you tube / soundcloud, hear the song and then check out the website ....and if i can redirect at least 1 person to Jimmy website then I feel that it has been worth it. If I am causing offence I will of course remove his picture.]]> Shouting down her mobile phone, a mountain of testosterone and
Burden of my 176, this messiah needs a crucifix
Don't you stare or don't you laugh, she'll carve you up with an Oyster pass

Cos this is the age, this is the age.... of it now
Cos this is the age, this is the age.... of it now

Volatile like glycerine but none of us can intervene
Cos British fag pack policies have eroded all the authorities
Cos she's young dumb and she don't care, she put your gran in intensive care
From boredom to brutality, this is the age of fatality

Cos this is the age, this is the age.... of it now
Cos this is the age, this is the age.... of it now

Way to late to eradiate, all we do is procreate
Anger and hostility, while schoolboys die in bakeries
And its eye for eye yeah we'll do or die, we'll spin dry out on passers by
From inner city council estates to bus stops we exfoliate...
Anger.
Exfoliate anger.
Exfoliate anger.
Exfoliate anger.

Cos this is the age, this is the age of hostility
Cos this is the age, this is the age of barbarity
Cos this is the age, this is the age of fatality
Cos this is the age, this is the age of insanity

Cos this is the age, this is the age of hostility
Cos this is the age, this is the age of barbarity
Cos this is the age, this is the age of fatality
Cos this is the age, this is the age of insanity

I don't know the Mizen family and I have never met them. I thought long and VERY hard about using Jimmy's picture for this song. In the end I decided to use it as I was moved very much by a TV press interview that his mother once gave. I just want people to look at the picture on you tube / soundcloud, hear the song and then check out the website ....and if i can redirect at least 1 person to Jimmy website then I feel that it has been worth it. If I am causing offence I will of course remove his picture.]]> 966247 no no Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:06:29 +0200 2020-05-10T21:03:05+02:00 5:02 https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/best-of-friends-full-band/ He’s a South London boy yeah don’t you know
And they met over the world wide web
Both language learning on the internet
And he saw her picture and he said hello!
Anything happening in Tokyo?
And she wrote back saying it's raining today
Thanks for your mail anyway

And he sent her a couple of songs
She quite liked them and she sang along
They slowly spoke every day
They’re coming the best of friends

She started telling him about her life
It wasn’t going very well
A divorcee with a new boyfriend
He didn’t love her he could tell
He saw her cry on the Internet
And his heart it opened up
He told her girl leave that man
It's time for you to break up

There’s no rush, just take your time
There’s millions of men out there, a loving one you will find
He’ll hold you so tight, he’ll whisper in your ear
You’ll look back on this part of your life, then they’ll be no fear

And even though they’ve never met
They’re now best friends on the Internet
She sends him mails every day, he makes her laugh, he takes the blues away
They’ve never ever met x4

They’re now the best of friends

Drums, bass, violin and cello by the super fantastic Billy Playle.
]]> He’s a South London boy yeah don’t you know
And they met over the world wide web
Both language learning on the internet
And he saw her picture and he said hello!
Anything happening in Tokyo?
And she wrote back saying it's raining today
Thanks for your mail anyway

And he sent her a couple of songs
She quite liked them and she sang along
They slowly spoke every day
They’re coming the best of friends

She started telling him about her life
It wasn’t going very well
A divorcee with a new boyfriend
He didn’t love her he could tell
He saw her cry on the Internet
And his heart it opened up
He told her girl leave that man
It's time for you to break up

There’s no rush, just take your time
There’s millions of men out there, a loving one you will find
He’ll hold you so tight, he’ll whisper in your ear
You’ll look back on this part of your life, then they’ll be no fear

And even though they’ve never met
They’re now best friends on the Internet
She sends him mails every day, he makes her laugh, he takes the blues away
They’ve never ever met x4

They’re now the best of friends

Drums, bass, violin and cello by the super fantastic Billy Playle.
]]> 966242 no no Mon, 21 May 2012 22:06:40 +0200 2020-05-10T21:06:02+02:00 4:19 https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/dead-mans-shoes-acoustic/
I step into my dead mans shoes
And take a step outside
And my past life died yesterday
And this new life has just arrived

Oh I'll be ok
Yeah I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok
Yeah I'll be ok

I step into my dead mans shoes
And take a walk into the blue
Just an empty soul on an empty road
And I don't where I'm gonna go

Oh I'll be ok
Yeah I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok
Yeah I'll be ok

Cos I'm just a dead man walking

Oh I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok
But I'm not ok

Cos I'm just a dead man walking....

Oh I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok]]>
I step into my dead mans shoes
And take a step outside
And my past life died yesterday
And this new life has just arrived

Oh I'll be ok
Yeah I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok
Yeah I'll be ok

I step into my dead mans shoes
And take a walk into the blue
Just an empty soul on an empty road
And I don't where I'm gonna go

Oh I'll be ok
Yeah I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok
Yeah I'll be ok

Cos I'm just a dead man walking

Oh I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok
But I'm not ok

Cos I'm just a dead man walking....

Oh I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok
Oh I'll be ok]]> 966245 no no Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:51:55 +0100 2020-05-10T21:06:03+02:00 4:03 https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/take-you-far-away-acoustic/ I think I'll drink most of it up, cos I'm taking life from a different cup
And you don't you tell me that its wrong, cos the record yeah keeps on playing the song
And don't you tell me that I'm right cos I need a new change in life
And your daddy, your daddy been giving you a hard time, been laying it out on the line
And your mother, your mother, she's been bitching again although she loves you child, she does it now and then
And you're working, your working, your working 9-5, i got you pregnant, suppose we'll have a child
And you cry, you cry, you cry yourself to sleep, I never gave you much, one thing I will keep
I will take you, Yes i'll take you x2
Far Away x4
I'll take you, yes I'll take you, x2
Far Away x4

Far Away x4
I'll take you, yes I'll take you, x2
Far Away]]> I think I'll drink most of it up, cos I'm taking life from a different cup
And you don't you tell me that its wrong, cos the record yeah keeps on playing the song
And don't you tell me that I'm right cos I need a new change in life
And your daddy, your daddy been giving you a hard time, been laying it out on the line
And your mother, your mother, she's been bitching again although she loves you child, she does it now and then
And you're working, your working, your working 9-5, i got you pregnant, suppose we'll have a child
And you cry, you cry, you cry yourself to sleep, I never gave you much, one thing I will keep
I will take you, Yes i'll take you x2
Far Away x4
I'll take you, yes I'll take you, x2
Far Away x4

Far Away x4
I'll take you, yes I'll take you, x2
Far Away]]> 966244 no no Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:33:07 +0200 2020-05-10T21:03:02+02:00 3:26 https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/see-you-on-the-other-side/ 3079142 no no Thu, 09 May 2019 12:32:52 +0200 2019-05-09T12:32:52+02:00 5:58 https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/see-you-on-the-other-side-short/ 3079114 no no Thu, 09 May 2019 12:13:43 +0200 2019-05-09T12:13:43+02:00 4:07 https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/moonlight-darkness-instrumental/ 966235 no no Mon, 12 May 2014 02:23:20 +0200 2020-05-10T21:07:02+02:00 3:16 https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/amazing-radio-take-you-far-away/
]]>
]]> 966237 no no Sun, 11 Aug 2013 15:16:59 +0200 2013-08-11T15:16:59+02:00 4:51 https://hearthis.at/ashleycowanmusic/bbc-introducing-london-the-battle-for-walter-tull/ March 9th 2013
THIS WAS RECORDED FROM THE RADIO = not the best quality. The original song on this site has better quality: Find it here: http://soundcloud.com/ashleycowan/01-the-battle-for-walter-tull

A song based on the true story of Britain's first ever black hero Walter Tull. Walter became the first ever black professional outfield footballer in the UK and the first ever black army officer for the British Army, even though in 1917 the army rule book forbid "any negro or person of colour" from becoming an officer. Tull received his commission in May, 1917. He played 111 times for Northampton Town FC and was signed by Rangers FC before he left to fight in the first world war.

JOIN THE FACEBOOK PETITION to get Walter awarded with a posthumus Military Cross
https://www.facebook.com/groups/33844959524/

Sign the e petition: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/41209

http://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/28-TV-watch/4803-a-true-british-footballing-hero

Walter Tull died in 1918, shot by a German gun
Private Billingham tried to get to his body, but it couldn’t be done
And as Walter fell, his story died too,
Britain’s first black hero and no one would know the truth

Born in Folkestone in 1888, Walter’s parents died when he was young
Sent to an orphanage in Bethnal Green, a new life in East London
And Walter started playing football and he signed for Tottenham Hotspurs
But the racist abuse down at the Bristol ground
meant they dropped him to the reserves

Walter didn’t care he moved to Northampton Town FC,
Played 111 games before the war intervened
Signed up with his team and they went to the front line
An officer saw something in him that would change the course of time

And if you look in the book of the time
It says only white men can lead the line
But in 1917 Walter stepped out for King and Queen
The first black man to lead the whites,
He fought in six battles before the end of his life
He should have won the MC (Military) cross but the army somehow forgot

Oh Walter you’re a hero, a hero to this land
The first black outfield footballer, the first black officer man
Oh Walter you’re a hero, a hero to my country
Fighting for truth and justice now, something you would never see

Walter Tull, know his name

MASSIVE THANKS to Billy Playle for his editing, bass, drums, cello, mix mastering AND patience, Louise Ring Vangsgaard for her amazing fiddle, Asger Hoyer for his hospitality and recording patience (and one of the acoustic guitars is him!!!) and Fred Jam for all his help and enthusiasm!

Please also check out this excellent website on the history of black footballers in the UK
http://www.vasili.co.uk/

Watch the slide show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE93jz4vsB0]]> March 9th 2013
THIS WAS RECORDED FROM THE RADIO = not the best quality. The original song on this site has better quality: Find it here: http://soundcloud.com/ashleycowan/01-the-battle-for-walter-tull

A song based on the true story of Britain's first ever black hero Walter Tull. Walter became the first ever black professional outfield footballer in the UK and the first ever black army officer for the British Army, even though in 1917 the army rule book forbid "any negro or person of colour" from becoming an officer. Tull received his commission in May, 1917. He played 111 times for Northampton Town FC and was signed by Rangers FC before he left to fight in the first world war.

JOIN THE FACEBOOK PETITION to get Walter awarded with a posthumus Military Cross
https://www.facebook.com/groups/33844959524/

Sign the e petition: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/41209

http://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/28-TV-watch/4803-a-true-british-footballing-hero

Walter Tull died in 1918, shot by a German gun
Private Billingham tried to get to his body, but it couldn’t be done
And as Walter fell, his story died too,
Britain’s first black hero and no one would know the truth

Born in Folkestone in 1888, Walter’s parents died when he was young
Sent to an orphanage in Bethnal Green, a new life in East London
And Walter started playing football and he signed for Tottenham Hotspurs
But the racist abuse down at the Bristol ground
meant they dropped him to the reserves

Walter didn’t care he moved to Northampton Town FC,
Played 111 games before the war intervened
Signed up with his team and they went to the front line
An officer saw something in him that would change the course of time

And if you look in the book of the time
It says only white men can lead the line
But in 1917 Walter stepped out for King and Queen
The first black man to lead the whites,
He fought in six battles before the end of his life
He should have won the MC (Military) cross but the army somehow forgot

Oh Walter you’re a hero, a hero to this land
The first black outfield footballer, the first black officer man
Oh Walter you’re a hero, a hero to my country
Fighting for truth and justice now, something you would never see

Walter Tull, know his name

MASSIVE THANKS to Billy Playle for his editing, bass, drums, cello, mix mastering AND patience, Louise Ring Vangsgaard for her amazing fiddle, Asger Hoyer for his hospitality and recording patience (and one of the acoustic guitars is him!!!) and Fred Jam for all his help and enthusiasm!

Please also check out this excellent website on the history of black footballers in the UK
http://www.vasili.co.uk/

Watch the slide show!
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