Here we are 
Alive and free 
Far away in time from our darkest day 
That took our young and brave 
From the cradle to the grave 70 years ago on 
July one 1916 on the 
Somme The enemies had never seen fighting like this before 
Such a simple plan-- 
How could any german man survive through that ordeal? 
Company 'A' to 
Company 'B' "Morale is high here, sir, but I don't think it's safe to go" 
Company 'A' from 
Company 'B' "Mister you have your orders and you must obey" 
So the first line rose, and the first line fell 
And a poet who survived later wrote about 
A "Sunlit vision of Hell" 
And "Larks singing" 
Because after all it's just another summer's day in 
France And the 
Tommies on the 
Somme sang "We are fighting to turn no-man's land into a common ground" 
A common ground