Vest With Hood - Stocking Soldier

from Merry Christmas (2022) by badgerland

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“Stocking Soldiers” was written as a Christmas song for the Goth subculture (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture).

lyrics

A gift from an aunt
made of yard and felt
sewn by hand
as far as we could tell

Stockings shaped like soldiers
red and green
with two pink circles
for their rosy cheeks

Never would’ve guessed
you’d be waiting for weeks
while the felt held back
the smell of sweets

Candy canes and sugar plums
had been filling your dreams
but you knew eventually
they’d all go to sleep

You didn’t make a sound
you didn’t make a peep
but those two stocking soldiers
they were holding the sweets

T’was the night before Christmas
when all through the house
one creature was stirring
and it was the mouse

Two stocking soldiers
put up a fight
but it was the mouse
who got the last bite

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from Merry Christmas (2022), released December 18, 2022
All Rights Reserved copyright 2022 Brandon Buckner
Drum Machine: Rhythm Master RM20: Whippany Electronics/Baldwin
Drums, Synths, Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Vocals: Brandon Buckner
Recorded 2021-2022 by Brandon at Soft Hiss, Hixson, TN.

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