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Charles Shomo composed the music in Wake Forest, NC and the Caffeine Creek Band recorded the instrumental track.
Martin H. Samuel wrote the lyric and melody and recorded the song.

'Red Banner, No Quarter', received World Songwriting Awards recognition as one of their Summer 2022 Best Alternative Song Top 10 Finalists!

Rick Livingstone also recorded the song:
martin-h-samuel.bandcamp.com/track/red-banner-no-quarter-2

lyrics

★ 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

credits

released April 13, 2023
Music: Charles Shomo & the Caffeine Creek Band
Lyric / Music: Martin H. Samuel – ASCAP IPI: 216450985
© 2023 Malaika Music – ASCAP IPI: 336609064
ASCAP Work ID: 917632331
ISWC: T3122796769
℗ 2023 MHS

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Martin H. Samuel feat. the Caffeine Creek Band Wake Forest, North Carolina

Charles Shomo, a composer, musician and producer in Wake Forest, North Carolina, U.S.A., records the instrumental tracks with the Caffeine Creek Band.
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/@caffeinecreekband929

Martin H. Samuel, 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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