When Soldiers Came -

< previous ... next> How long will they be in our town Will they be staying overnight And will they try and take us down Will all our men take up the fight I watched them enter, made no sound Was breathing quiet as a mouse I ran up to the burial mound And saw them stop outside our house The din they made upon our door Before you could get up they broke A window, knocked you to the floor With batons made from polished oak The trial was short and hurt me A deserter from your army life The general was amused to see The faces of the child and wife I kept a diary every day That you were kept away from me And when one year had passed away I threw your clothes into the sea And watched them sail away, away The other shore would call them home I sometimes see you when I pray With clothes of grey bedecked by foam < previous ... next>

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