When The Tigers Broke Free (2011 Remastered Version)
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๐ Lyrics
It was just before dawn
One miserable morning in black '44
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When he asked that his men be withdrawn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 kind 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 adorned
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 Z
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
One miserable morning in black '44
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When he asked that his men be withdrawn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 kind 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 adorned
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 Z
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
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[01:00.57] It was just before dawn
[01:04.01] One miserable morning in black '44
[01:10.93] When the forward commander was told to sit tight
[01:16.71] When he asked that his men be withdrawn
[01:23.61] And the generals gave thanks
[01:26.68] As the other ranks held back the enemy tanks for a while
[01:33.80] And the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price
[01:39.35] Of a few hundred ordinary lives
[01:46.55] And kind old King George sent mother a note
[01:51.95] When he heard that father was gone
[01:57.65] It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll
[02:03.08] With gold leaf adorned
[02:08.62] And I found it one day
[02:11.42] In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away
[02:18.53] And my eyes still grow damp to remember
[02:23.08] His Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp
[02:31.34] It was dark all around, there was frost in the ground
[02:36.60] When the tigers broke free
[02:42.93] And no one survived from the Royal Fusiliers Company Z
[02:53.83] They were all left behind, most of them dead
[02:59.88] The rest of them dying
[03:05.37] And that's how the high command took my daddy from me
[03:14.25]
[01:04.01] One miserable morning in black '44
[01:10.93] When the forward commander was told to sit tight
[01:16.71] When he asked that his men be withdrawn
[01:23.61] And the generals gave thanks
[01:26.68] As the other ranks held back the enemy tanks for a while
[01:33.80] And the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price
[01:39.35] Of a few hundred ordinary lives
[01:46.55] And kind old King George sent mother a note
[01:51.95] When he heard that father was gone
[01:57.65] It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll
[02:03.08] With gold leaf adorned
[02:08.62] And I found it one day
[02:11.42] In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away
[02:18.53] And my eyes still grow damp to remember
[02:23.08] His Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp
[02:31.34] It was dark all around, there was frost in the ground
[02:36.60] When the tigers broke free
[02:42.93] And no one survived from the Royal Fusiliers Company Z
[02:53.83] They were all left behind, most of them dead
[02:59.88] The rest of them dying
[03:05.37] And that's how the high command took my daddy from me
[03:14.25]