Maiden's Tower

In March, 2006, singer-songwriter Hank Wedel, from Cork City, Ireland, travelled to Baku, the capital of Azerbijan, on The Caspian Sea, to perform at a St. Patrick's Day Ball. The journey inspired him to write a song about Baku's famous landmark, "Maiden's Tower".

In February, 2007, he tavelled back to Baku to perform it live on Azeri National TV, accompanied by well-known Mugham singer, Gulyanag Mammadova...

"Maiden's Tower"

First Verse:
I've got the mud of Azerbijan
on my boots
I'm travelling home overland
the old spice routes
stopped by Maiden's Tower
to see my gal
she sent me on my way
but she wished well...

Chorus:
No One's Ever Taken Maiden's Tower!
In the quest for wealth
and the fight for power
No One's Ever Taken Maiden's Tower!

Second Verse:
A horde of hapless camels...
in a truck
A Lada full of apples...
by the buck
At Maiden's Tower
It's all goin' down
My gal is a princess
The hottest babe in town!

Chorus:

Bridge:
She rides on a shell
She is so slim
She's my B-B-Baby
But she's goin' home
to her Maiden's Tower

Chorus:

Third Verse:
She's got the blood of Azerbijan
in her veins
she's lookin' out overhead
for the war planes
at Maiden's Tower
They're waving' goodbye
the Caspian Sea
is but a tear in my eye

Chorus:

Words and Music by
Hank Wedel and Mick O'Hagan

This song is registered with
IMRO (The Irish Rusic Rights Organisation)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Maiden's
• Tower
• Azerbijan
• Mugham
• world
• music
• Hank
• Wedel
• Gulyanag
• Mammadova
• rock

[tailgrower]

Good song....I hope you ...shagged that maiden rotten....

[Hanksalot]

no one's ever taken...

lovely gal...her sister was lovely, too...

[totalspa]

classic when eyes are closed, comic when theyre open

[Hanksalot]

Well, Thank You very much...

A comic classic...A classic comic?

Glad you had a look...

[kmnyhan]

hank,is she azerbijans answer to dana

[Hanksalot]

Ya, man...

and I'm the Azeri Johnny Logan...

[evelynopen]

wow....love your voice,.the girl can scream..oh...my..god..check out my channel evelynopen!! new stuff!

Love,Ev

[naughtyISAlondonda]

low life ..!

[bahram51]

cok guzal. gulyanagin harika sesi var.

[Rockonchick2]

funny but cute lol rock on

[tonymalony1966]

Just great!!

[Hanksalot]

Aw, shucks! Thank you...I think...

Bolivia?

[piratagrandi]

Hi Hank, Great performance. It's a pitty that there is not that much Hank Wedel stuff on YouTube (or Hank Wedel and Rar Barron..). Hope to see you perform live soon!!

[enticia]

Delightful.... I hope you enjoyed ours as well! Blessings... ENTICIA... comments are always 'great to see!