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