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  • It was just before dawn
    One miserable morning in black 'forty four.
    When the forward commander
    Was told to sit tight
    When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
    And the Generals gave thanks
    As the other ranks held back
    The enemy tanks for a while.
    And the Anzio bridgehead
    Was held for the price
    Of a few hundred ordinary lives.
    And old King George
    Sent Mother a note
    When he heard that father was gone.
    It was, I recall,
    In the form of a scroll,
    With gold leaf and all.
    And I found it one day
    In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
    And my eyes still grow damp to remember
    His Majesty signed
    With his own rubber stamp.
    It was dark all around.
    There was frost in the ground
    When the tigers broke free.
    And no one survived
    From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
    They were all left behind,
    Most of them dead,
    The rest of them dying.
    And that's how the High Command
    Took my daddy from me.
  • [01:25.88]It was just before dawn
    [01:29.32]One miserable morning in black 'forty four.
    [01:36.33]When the forward commander
    [01:39.16]Was told to sit tight
    [01:41.53]When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
    [01:47.31]And the Generals gave thanks
    [01:51.63]As the other ranks held back
    [01:55.55]The enemy tanks for a while.
    [01:59.30]And the Anzio bridgehead
    [02:01.38]Was held for the price
    [02:04.21]Of a few hundred ordinary lives.
    [02:13.90]And old King George
    [02:15.67]Sent Mother a note
    [02:18.89]When he heard that father was gone.
    [02:23.05]It was, I recall,
    [02:25.24]In the form of a scroll,
    [02:28.26]With gold leaf and all.
    [02:33.64]And I found it one day
    [02:36.55]In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
    [02:44.82]And my eyes still grow damp to remember
    [02:47.76]His Majesty signed
    [02:52.19]With his own rubber stamp.
    [02:56.82]It was dark all around.
    [02:59.54]There was frost in the ground
    [03:02.13]When the tigers broke free.
    [03:08.84]And no one survived
    [03:11.91]From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
    [03:18.89]They were all left behind,
    [03:22.95]Most of them dead,
    [03:26.12]The rest of them dying.
    [03:31.68]And that's how the High Command
    [03:34.86]Took my daddy from me.