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Soldiers Lament
by
Arthur Lane
(Fepow)
FOR KING AND COUNTRY WE TOOK HIS SHILLING
WE WERE YOUNG EAGER AND MOST WILLING
OBLIVIOUS TO WHAT LAY AHEAD
WHERE MARCHING FEET WILL WEARY TREAD
OUR COMRADES JOKED AND SAILED WITH PRIDE
TO EMBARK TO COUNTRIES FAR AND WIDE
A SOLDIERSLOT IS FULL OF WOE
IN FOREIGN LANDS FIGHTING FOREIGN FOE
ORDERS FROM THE HIGH COMMAND
NO RETREAT BUT FIGHT AND STAND
THE BRAVE AND TIMID FOUGHT AS ONE
ALL LIKELY TARGETS FOR THE GUN
WITH BAYONETS DRAWN SEEMS SO UNJUST
TO TAKE ANOTHRS LIFE WITH JABBING THRUST
SEEMS SUCH A WASTE AND SUCH A LOSS
A METAL HELMET HUNG ON A WOODEN CROSS
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