Τυχόν ομοιότητες και συνειρμοί συνιστούν παραπλάνηση : οι art / progressive rockers Earth and Fire είναι ένα από τα ουκ ολίγα αξιόλογα ολλανδικά γκρουπ που άξιζαν μεγαλύτερη αναγνωρισιμότητα εκτός συνόρων της χώρας τους. Ακούμε το επικό ‘Song Of The Marching Children’ στην 4λεπτη single version, και μαζί άλλο ένα τραγούδι από το ίδιο, ομότιτλο άλμπουμ του 1971. 🟡 🟡 Any resemblance or association is purely coincidental: Earth and Fire, the Dutch art/progressive rockers, are one of those many excellent bands from the Netherlands that truly deserve wider international recognition. Here we have their epic ‘Song Of The Marching Children’ in the 4 minutes-long single version, together with another track from the same self-titled 1971 album.

00:00 EBBTIDE
No clouds have been seen
Now the sun is shining
The babbling wavelets whispering
Oh how lovely they are
A lonely girl is walking
The hungry seagulls screaking
They’re circling to the water
And soar away again
She sees the starfishes
That just washed ashore
And picks up sleeping shells
Oh how tender they are!
The water bathes her feet
There’s a smile on her face
The sun is warming wet grains
Oh how many there are!
And when the night’s falling
The moon is rising
The lonely girl is dreaming
Of the ebbtide

03:13 SONG OF THE MARCHING CHILDREN
On a night I saw a fate
I saw marching children and children
At the church nearby the hills
The preacher read a sermon for children
Oh, it’s our wing where I’ve once gone into
God loves you
For what you’ve once fallen into
For what you’ve once fallen into
On a night I saw a fate
I saw marching children and children
At the church nearby the hills
The preacher read a sermon for children
Oh, it’s our wing where I’ve once fallen into
God loves you
For what you’ve once fallen into
For what you’ve once fallen into
Along a rest
For the future grace of the marching children
Along a rest
For the future grace of the marching children