Track name: THE GENDARMES DUET A
Trackcode: SAS014232
Composer: Jacques Auguste Ignac Offenbach, John Gregory Knowles (Arr.), Timothy Murton Laight (Arr.), Paul Martin Pritchard (Arr.), Graham Donald Harry Preskett (Arr.), James Camillus Rattigan (Arr.), Martin Rands (Arr.)
アーティスト: John Gregory Knowles, Timothy Murton Laight, Paul Pritchard, Graham Preskett, James Rattigan
EAN/GTIN: 4020771182428
ISRC: DE-B63-18-24232
Album name: FOLK SONGS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Catalogue number: SAS0142
Label: Sonoton Authentic Series - SAS
LC number: 07573
Martial side drum leading to male vocal march song. The cowardly gendarmes from Offenbach's operetta GENEVIEVE DE BRABANT are back on the beat again, never to arrest any but helpless women and little boys that do no harm. 130 bpm (Dmaj)
Arranged by John Gregory Knowles, Timothy Murton Laight, Paul Pritchard, Graham Preskett, James Rattigan & Martin Rands. Produced by John Gregory Knowles. Recorded at AIRPLAY TV, Thames Ditton, Surrey, UK. Sound engineers: Paul Golding, Paul Pritchard & Matthew Moore.
Performed by John Gregory Knowles (drums), Tim Murton Laight (lead vocals, strumming banjo), Paul Pritchard (bass, French horn, backing vocals), James Rattigan (accordion, French horn) and Graham Preskett (violin, vocals).
Mastered by Wolfgang Meyscheider at digital music & media, Traunwalchen, Germany.
Artwork: Sahar Aharoni
We run them in, we run them in
We run them in, we run them in
We show them we're the bold gendarmes
We run them in, we run them in
We run them in, we run them in
We show them we're the bold gendarmes
We're public guardians bold yet wary
And of ourselves we take good care
To risk our precious lives we're chary
When danger looms we're never there
But when we meet a helpless woman
Or little boys that do no harm
Sometimes our duties extra mural
Then little butterflies we chase
We like to gambol in things rural
Commune with nature face to face
Unto our beat then back returning
Refreshed by nature's holy charm
lf gentlemen will make a riot
And punch each other's heads at night
We're quite disposed to keep it quiet
Provided that they make it right
But if they do not seem to see it
Or give to us our proper terms