Alan Mair -The Devil's Porridge [Official video] Released Worldwide all digital platforms 17 June 22

Описание: Alan Mair of The Only Ones releases his new single "The Devil's Porridge" that tells the story of Alfred Nobel’s [Nobel Prizes] journey from Sweden to the Wilds of Scotland in 1871 to establish what became the largest explosives factory in the world, and of the harrowing working conditions for the 12,000 female workers, who were the unsung heroes.

THE DEVIL'S PORRIDGE [Lyrics]

BORN IN 1833 INTO AN EXPLOSIVE FAMILY
AND AS A YOUNG MAN HE TOOK CONTROL
MASSED A FORTUNE INVENTING DYNAMITE
BEFORE TOO LONG THINGS WENT WRONG
HE KILLED HIS BROTHER AND MANY OTHERS
THE EXPLOSION FORCED “NOBEL” OUT OF TOWN
OVERSEAS AND LONDON BOUND

WITH ENGLAND'S CONTROLS THE BUREAUCRATS SAID NO
THE “MERCHANT OF DEATH" WENT NORTH
TO THE SCOTTISH SAND DUNES WHERE I USED TO PLAY

SIR CONAN DOYLE SAID IT’S "THE DEVIL’S PORRIDGE"
WITH THEIR SKIN STAINED YELLOW and their HAIR BRIGHT GREEN
IN THE LARGEST EXPLOSIVES SITE THE WORLD HAD EVER SEEN
THEY ARE THE "CANARY GIRLS" OF GRETNA GREEN

12,000 WOMEN WORKING WITH THE SHUTTERS DOWN AT NIGHT
SWIRLING THE DEVIL’S PORRIDGE BETTER KNOW AS CORDITE
THOSE SMILING KHAKI CLAD GIRLS
WITH THE DEADLY MIX IN THEIR HANDS
RISKING LIFE AND LIMB FOR THE FRONT LINE
AND LIVING IN A “TIMBER TOWN”

THIS IS THEIR STORY IN ALL ITS GLORY
THEY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROS WORKING FOR THE FRONTLINE

SIR CONAN DOYLE SAID IT’S "THE DEVIL’S PORRIDGE”
WITH THEIR SKIN STAINED YELLOW and their HAIR BRIGHT GREEN
FROM THE SULPHUR, GUNCOTTON AND NITRO GLYCERINE
THEY ARE “THE CANARY GIRLS" OF GRETNA GREEN

AN ECHELON OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, BUT THE “MERCHANT OF DEATH”

THOSE SMILING KHAKI CLAD GIRLS
WERE NOW GIVING BIRTH TO YELLOW BABIES
SOME BECAME ADDICTED TO THE ACETONE
AND WERE DANCING ON THE CANTEEN TABLES
THE SHOVERS AND THE RUNNERS…PUSHING TONS OF CORDITE
AROUND IN SNOKER BOGIE TRUCKS
SOME WERE WORKING ALL DAY ON ONE LEGGED STOOLS
AS FALLING ASLEEP COULD KILL THEM

THIS IS THEIR STORY IN ALL IT’S GLORY
THEY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROS WORKING FOR THE FRONTLINE

SIR CONAN DOYLE SAID IT’S “THE DEVIL’S PORRIDGE"
WITH THEIR SKIN STAINED YELLOW and their HAIR BRIGHT GREEN
IN THE LARGEST EXPLOSIVES SITE THE WORLD HAD EVER SEEN
THEY ARE THE “CANARY GIRLS" OF GRETNA GREEN

SIR CONAN DOYLE SAID IT’S "THE DEVIL’S PORRIDGE"
THOSE SMILING KHAKI CLAD GIRLS
WITH THE DEADLY MIX IN THEIR HANDS
RISKING LIFE AND LIMB FOR THE FRONT LINE
AND LIVING IN A TIMBER TOWN
THEY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROS FROM GRETNA GREEN
THEY ARE THE CANARY GIRLS OF GRETNA GREEN