Red Banner, No Quarter

by Rick Livingstone & the Caffeine Creek Band

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Charles Shomo composed the music and recorded the instrumental track in Wake Forest, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Martin H. Samuel wrote the lyric about the Alamo and Rick Livingstone recorded the song, with the Caffeine Creek Band, in St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.A.

'Red Banner, No Quarter' was a Best Outlaw Song Top 10 Finalist in the Fall 2022 World Songwriting Awards contest.

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★ RED BANNER, NO QUARTER ★

EARLY ON A COLD MARCH MORNING
A HANDFUL OF MEN THEY TOOK A STAND
IN THE YEAR OF EIGHTEEN THIRTY SIX
WHEN A SABRE DREW A LINE IN THE SAND

AND IT WAS SANTA ANNA WHO GAVE THE ORDER
FLY THE RED BANNER SHOW NO QUARTER
SANTA ANNA GAVE THE ORDER
FLY THE RED BANNER SHOW NO QUARTER

EVEN AS THE DAY WAS DAWNING
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE MEN STOOD THEIR GROUND
THIRTEEN DAYS IN SAN ANTONIO
SUCH A FEARFUL SIGHT A DREADFUL SOUND

WHEN SANTA ANNA GAVE THE ORDER
FLY THE RED BANNER SHOW NO QUARTER
SANTA ANNA HE GAVE THE ORDER
FLY THE RED BANNER SHOW NO QUARTER

IT WAS VICTORY OR DEATH FOR THE VALIANT FEW
OUTNUMBERED AND OUT-GUNNED
AS SURRENDER AND BE SPARED AN ULTIMATUM THEY KNEW
WITH A CANNON SHOT BY TRAVIS IT WAS SHUNNED

SANTA ANNA GAVE THE ORDER
FLY THE RED BANNER SHOW NO QUARTER
SANTA ANNA GAVE THE ORDER
FLY THE RED BANNER SHOW NO QUARTER

A BLOODY BATTLE TO THE BITTER END
WHILE THE MEXICAN BAND PLAYED EL DEGÜELLO
NOW THE GUNS ARE SILENT AND THE SMOKE HAS CLEARED
TO THIS DAY TEXIANS ALL SAY REMEMBER THE ALAMO

IT WAS SANTA ANNA WHO GAVE THE ORDER
FLY THE RED BANNER SHOW NO QUARTER
SANTA ANNA GAVE THE FINAL ORDER
FLY THE RED BANNER SHOW NO QUARTER

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released November 30, 2022
Music: Charles Shomo & the Caffeine Creek Band
Music: Ray Benson – BMI IPI: 65543374
© 2022 Asleep at the Wheel Music – BMI IPI: 86670934
Lyric / Music: Martin H. Samuel – ASCAP IPI: 216450985
© 2022 Malaika Music – ASCAP IPI: 336609064
Composer: Rick Livingstone – ASCAP IPI: 48485843
Zabra Music – ASCAP IPI: 447850726
ASCAP Work ID: 918966912
ISWC: T3142543366
℗ 2022 MHS

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Martin H. Samuel London, UK

Martin, a drummer, author, poet, lyricist, award-winning songwriter and a producer who also plays guitar, wrote the lyrics for all these songs.

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