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Part of my Old Songs project. A moody tune from 1999 about the terminus of a relationship. I suspect I wrote this song because I liked the title, which has been used before, in songs dating back to the 30s or before. Bands playing music pops up in my lyrics now and then, particularly from my songs written in the late 90s, which is when I wrote this (1999 would be my guess). And, again, it’s a tale of loss and regret, although, in this instance, set right at the terminus of a relationship. I don’t have much else to say about the song, except that I have always been weirdly self-satisfied that I used the word “prithee” in the lyrics. “LET THE BAND PLAY ON” LYRICS: The band is in the streets They’re playing a sad melody Let the band play on, my angel Let them play I prithee Pay them for the song they’re playing Ask them to play it again A fitting end to this affair we’re having It needs a fitting end We seemed so young when we began this And no we seem so frail The lies I fear have aged us angel The capers and wassail You were never mine to have, my angel And soon you will be gone So let’s listen to this mournful song, dear And let the band play on
