Soldier Boy Soldier Boy - An Armistice Remembrance Sunday Poem

in armisticeday •  6 years ago 

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Nineteen fourteen unrest in the Balkans
Archduke Ferdinand assassinated
soldier boy soldier boy
nineteen fourteen many a nation retaliated

Nineteen fifteen pa rum pa pum pum a boy and his drum
do they know its Christmas oh what’s the use
soldier boy soldier boy
don’t despair remember the Christmas day truce

Nineteen seventeen the fourth rider
enthroned upon galloping war horse
soldier boy soldier boy
oh what a force

Month eleven @ hour eleven of the eleventh day
prayers were answered for all those who did pray
soldier boy soldier boy
though you never saw that day

You can read or listen to the complete version of this moving WW1 in memorium poem at https://dumspirospero.world/soldier-boy-soldier-boy-remembrance-day-poem/

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