For Another King and Country
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My name is William Collins
Born and raised in the Ballylaneen
I said farewell to Waterford when I was seventeen
I joined the British Army as John Redmond said we should
We'd get Home Rule for Ireland
That's what we understood
Dear God
For another king and country
In another nation's cause
Four Collins brothers paid the price
In that war to end all wars
From the mud and blood of Flanders
and the squalor on the Somme
There one by one
Their lives undone
By the bullet and the bomb
By the bullet and the bomb
You'll all be home by Christmas
That's what the papers said
But it was Christmas in the trenches with the dying and the dead
Five telegrams of heartache would reach my mother's door
To say that my poor brothers had fallen in the war
Dear God
For another king and country
In another nation's cause
Four Collins brothers paid the price
In that war to end all wars
From the mud and blood of Flanders
and the squalor on the Somme
There one by one
Their lives undone
By the bullet and the bomb
By the bullet and the bomb
I came home on compassion as a traitor to my land
I'd left my home a hero
I would never understand
Had I betrayed my nation?
Had my brothers died in vain?
Forgotten by their people under headstones with no names
Dear God
For another king and country
In another nation's cause
Four Collins brothers paid the price
In that war to end all wars
From the mud and blood of Flanders
and the squalor on the Somme
There one by one
Their lives undone
By the bullet and the bomb
By the bullet and the bomb
By the bullet and the bomb
By the bullet and the bomb
Born and raised in the Ballylaneen
I said farewell to Waterford when I was seventeen
I joined the British Army as John Redmond said we should
We'd get Home Rule for Ireland
That's what we understood
Dear God
For another king and country
In another nation's cause
Four Collins brothers paid the price
In that war to end all wars
From the mud and blood of Flanders
and the squalor on the Somme
There one by one
Their lives undone
By the bullet and the bomb
By the bullet and the bomb
You'll all be home by Christmas
That's what the papers said
But it was Christmas in the trenches with the dying and the dead
Five telegrams of heartache would reach my mother's door
To say that my poor brothers had fallen in the war
Dear God
For another king and country
In another nation's cause
Four Collins brothers paid the price
In that war to end all wars
From the mud and blood of Flanders
and the squalor on the Somme
There one by one
Their lives undone
By the bullet and the bomb
By the bullet and the bomb
I came home on compassion as a traitor to my land
I'd left my home a hero
I would never understand
Had I betrayed my nation?
Had my brothers died in vain?
Forgotten by their people under headstones with no names
Dear God
For another king and country
In another nation's cause
Four Collins brothers paid the price
In that war to end all wars
From the mud and blood of Flanders
and the squalor on the Somme
There one by one
Their lives undone
By the bullet and the bomb
By the bullet and the bomb
By the bullet and the bomb
By the bullet and the bomb
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:17.910]My name is William Collins
[00:21.292]Born and raised in the Ballylaneen
[00:25.118]I said farewell to Waterford when I was seventeen
[00:33.866]I joined the British Army as John Redmond said we should
[00:41.447]We'd get Home Rule for Ireland
[00:45.200]That's what we understood
[00:48.696]Dear God
[00:52.448]For another king and country
[00:55.873]In another nation's cause
[00:59.614]Four Collins brothers paid the price
[01:03.129]In that war to end all wars
[01:08.155]From the mud and blood of Flanders
[01:12.424]and the squalor on the Somme
[01:15.998]There one by one
[01:19.613]Their lives undone
[01:23.220]By the bullet and the bomb
[01:26.584]By the bullet and the bomb
[01:31.883]
[01:39.778]You'll all be home by Christmas
[01:43.136]That's what the papers said
[01:46.779]But it was Christmas in the trenches with the dying and the dead
[01:55.186]Five telegrams of heartache would reach my mother's door
[02:03.485]To say that my poor brothers had fallen in the war
[02:10.535]Dear God
[02:14.160]For another king and country
[02:17.728]In another nation's cause
[02:21.443]Four Collins brothers paid the price
[02:25.182]In that war to end all wars
[02:30.193]From the mud and blood of Flanders
[02:34.121]and the squalor on the Somme
[02:37.592]There one by one
[02:41.523]Their lives undone
[02:45.043]By the bullet and the bomb
[02:48.558]By the bullet and the bomb
[02:53.085]
[03:01.280]I came home on compassion as a traitor to my land
[03:08.816]I'd left my home a hero
[03:12.271]I would never understand
[03:17.339]Had I betrayed my nation?
[03:21.173]Had my brothers died in vain?
[03:24.896]Forgotten by their people under headstones with no names
[03:32.457]Dear God
[03:35.885]For another king and country
[03:39.401]In another nation's cause
[03:43.107]Four Collins brothers paid the price
[03:46.919]In that war to end all wars
[03:52.265]From the mud and blood of Flanders
[03:55.910]and the squalor on the Somme
[03:59.623]There one by one
[04:03.284]Their lives undone
[04:06.770]By the bullet and the bomb
[04:10.636]By the bullet and the bomb
[04:14.108]By the bullet and the bomb
[04:17.867]By the bullet and the bomb
[04:23.277]
[00:21.292]Born and raised in the Ballylaneen
[00:25.118]I said farewell to Waterford when I was seventeen
[00:33.866]I joined the British Army as John Redmond said we should
[00:41.447]We'd get Home Rule for Ireland
[00:45.200]That's what we understood
[00:48.696]Dear God
[00:52.448]For another king and country
[00:55.873]In another nation's cause
[00:59.614]Four Collins brothers paid the price
[01:03.129]In that war to end all wars
[01:08.155]From the mud and blood of Flanders
[01:12.424]and the squalor on the Somme
[01:15.998]There one by one
[01:19.613]Their lives undone
[01:23.220]By the bullet and the bomb
[01:26.584]By the bullet and the bomb
[01:31.883]
[01:39.778]You'll all be home by Christmas
[01:43.136]That's what the papers said
[01:46.779]But it was Christmas in the trenches with the dying and the dead
[01:55.186]Five telegrams of heartache would reach my mother's door
[02:03.485]To say that my poor brothers had fallen in the war
[02:10.535]Dear God
[02:14.160]For another king and country
[02:17.728]In another nation's cause
[02:21.443]Four Collins brothers paid the price
[02:25.182]In that war to end all wars
[02:30.193]From the mud and blood of Flanders
[02:34.121]and the squalor on the Somme
[02:37.592]There one by one
[02:41.523]Their lives undone
[02:45.043]By the bullet and the bomb
[02:48.558]By the bullet and the bomb
[02:53.085]
[03:01.280]I came home on compassion as a traitor to my land
[03:08.816]I'd left my home a hero
[03:12.271]I would never understand
[03:17.339]Had I betrayed my nation?
[03:21.173]Had my brothers died in vain?
[03:24.896]Forgotten by their people under headstones with no names
[03:32.457]Dear God
[03:35.885]For another king and country
[03:39.401]In another nation's cause
[03:43.107]Four Collins brothers paid the price
[03:46.919]In that war to end all wars
[03:52.265]From the mud and blood of Flanders
[03:55.910]and the squalor on the Somme
[03:59.623]There one by one
[04:03.284]Their lives undone
[04:06.770]By the bullet and the bomb
[04:10.636]By the bullet and the bomb
[04:14.108]By the bullet and the bomb
[04:17.867]By the bullet and the bomb
[04:23.277]