99 Years Since The Somme

It's been 99 years since the Somme
99 years since the Somme
99 years since the dumbest of wars was the Somme

On the first day they killed twenty thou'
Of the best boys who ever were pals
The first day they killed twenty 'thou no rationale

The war was nothing but liars
Began on the 1st of July
Till November they died
With no one by their side

*99 years since the Somme...

The boys ran head first to the front
In the path of machine gun and fire
In the craters they laid there dying
Beneath the barbed wire

*The war was nothing but.....

.....Lead verse/bridge

*The war was nothing but.....

*99 Years since the Somme....

For just a few acres of land
For just a few songs to be sung
Hundreds of thousands were damned for the Somme
Hundreds of thousands were damned for the Somme
We will remember them

Lyrics kind permission Joel Sattler ©2015

Last edited by Brian Cadoret; 04/20/20 08:16 AM.
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