The Trumpeter

The Trumpeter - John McCormack (麥考梅克)/The Peerless Quartet

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' them up

I'm waking them up

The tents are astir in the valley

And there's no more sleep

With the sun's first peep

For I'm soundin' the old Reveille

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 speaking

I'm urgin' them on

They're scamperin' on

There's a drummin' of hoofs like thunder

There's a madd'nin' shout as the sabres flash out

For I'm sounding the Charge no wonder

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 faint in speakin'

I'm callin' them home

Come home Come home

Tread light over 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'