John Tams wrote this in the tradition of “calling-on” songs to open the Albion Band's album Rise Up Like the Sun (1978), which got its title from the chorus of this song. Tams developed it from an earlier composition, Tinker Tailor. He also sang lead vocals; Martin Carthy and Andy Fairweather-Low joined in for backing vocals. This recording has also been published as B-side of the Albion Band's EMI/Harvest single Poor Old Horse.

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