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Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry (1980)

  

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Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry single sleeve

Ah yes, I remember this sleeve! One of only a few Christmas records I owned. I also had Boney M with Mary's Boy Child and Wombling Merry Christmas by The Wombles! 

Stop The Cavalry Jona Lewie's sixth single release and made #3 in the UK charts during December 1980. It originally made #1 in France during the summer and was actually a protest song, but the brass band arrangements and the line "Wish I Was at Home for Christmas turned it into a popular (some would say novelty) festive hit.

Re-issues by John Lennon following his murder on 8th December prevented this from hitting the top spot. The video was set in the trenches of the First World War.

Ah yes, I remember this sleeve (left). One of only a few Christmas records I owned. I also had Boney M with Mary's Boy Child and Wombling Merry Christmas by The Wombles!  
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Lyrics for Stop The Cavalry

I've always wondered exactly what the lyrics were, and as is often the case, they're slightly different than what I used to sing to myself.

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