[1980]
Lyrics by Jona Lewie
Testo di Jona Lewie
Music: Jona Lewie, freely based on Hugo Emil Alfvén's Swedish Rhapsody no. 1 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Rondo in D Major, K382
Musica: Jona Lewie, basata liberamente sulla Rapsodia Svedese n° 1 di Hugo Emil Alfvén e sul Rondò in Fa Maggiore K 382 di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

"Stop The Cavalry" is a song written and performed by the musician Jona Lewie.

The song peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart in December 1980, at one point only being kept from number one by two re-issued songs by John Lennon, who had been murdered on 8 December.

The song was never intended as a Christmas hit, but the line 'Wish I was at home for Christmas' as well as the brass band arrangements made it an appropriately styled song to play around Christmas time.

The song is set at the front during a British war, though references to cavalry, Churchill... (Continues)