Remembrance Day

	  		
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For our King and our country and the promise of glory 
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We came from Kingston and Brighton to fight on the front line 

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Just lads from the farms and boys from the cities 
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Not meant to be soldiers we lay in the trenches 

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We'd face the fighting with a smile - or so we said 
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If only we had known what danger lay ahead 

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The sky turned to grey as we went into battle 
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On the fields of Europe young men were fallin' 

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I'll be back for you someday - it won't be long 
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If I can just hold on 'til this bloody war is over 

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The guns will be silent 
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On Remembrance Day 
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There'll be no more fighting 
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On Remembrance Day 

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By October of '18 Cambrai had fallen 
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Soon the war would be over and we'd be returnin' 

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Don't forget me while I'm gone far away 
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Well it won't be long 'til I'm back there in your arms again 

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The guns will be silent 
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On Remembrance Day 
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There'll be no more fighting 
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On Remembrance Day 

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One day soon - I don't know when 
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You know we'll all be free and the bells of peace will ring again 

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The time will come for you and me 
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We'll be goin' home when this bloody war is ended 

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The guns will be silent 
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On Remembrance Day 
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We'll all say a prayer 
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On Remembrance Day 

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On Remembrance Day 
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Say a little prayer 
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On Remembrance Day 

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Well the guns will be silent 
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There'll be no more fighting 
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Oh we'll lay down our weapons 
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On Remembrance Day 

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