Porterage down The dark gross chapel He stepped streets around now Sales person mobile
Porterage down Dark gross chapel He stepped streets around now Was introduced by a woman, loose limbed, slim
One woke up to a whitewashed ugly wall - whoosh! Made worse by dirty postcards Trapped in their town
They're embracing criminals in panicky hall No temper for Fall group
I'll put you down Porterage down To the dark gross chapel He stepped streets around now Sales person, mobile
I'll put you down To the gross chapel
You were right said Peter, dying for a smoke But you shouldn't have said to the police Jobs I do are little things Like the chemist coming on insulted They were as fed up as I was Waiting outside after putting blame on you
Porterage down Ask him! I am ailing Porterage down
Then let us fill a bumper And drink a health to those Who carry caps and pouches And wear the louped clothes May they and their commanders Live happy in their scaly years
Whene'er we are commanded To storm the palisades Our leaders march with fusees And we with hand grenades We throw them from the glacis About the enemies' ears Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row For the British Grenadiers Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row For the British Grenadiers
I'll put you down!
Commentary
< Post in progress >
Footnotes
Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Gross Chapel-British Grenadiers” [Archived]
Ford, Simon (2003). Hip Priest: the story of Mark E Smith and The Fall. London: Quartet Books.
Mackay, Tommy (2018). 40 Odd Years of The Fall. Place of publication unknown: Greg Moodie.
Pringle, Steve (2022). You Must Get Them All: The Fall on Record. [paperback edition]. Pontefract: Route Publishing Ltd. [Online store]
Smith, Mark E. (1985). The Fall Lyrik & Texte Von Mark E. Smith. In Deutsch & Englisch. With Drawings by Brix. Berlin: The Lough Press. [AKA The Orange Book. Available online in The Internet Archive]
Smith, Mark E. (2008). vII. The Lough Press & AMarquisManipulationProductions. [AKA the Blue Lyrics Book]
