Butchers Tale (Western Front 1914)

[00:20.05] A butcher, yes that was my trade
[00:24.09] But the King's shilling is now my fee
[00:28.19] A butcher I may as well have stayed
[00:32.13] For the slaughter that I see
[00:36.20] And the preacher in his pulpit
[00:40.26] Sermoned 'Go and fight, do what is right'
[00:45.29] But he don't have to hear these guns
[00:49.17] And I bet he sleeps at night
[00:53.49] And I-I-I...
[00:58.24] And I can't stop shaking
[01:02.20] My hands won't stop shaking
[01:06.31] My arms won't stop shaking
[01:10.50] My mind won't stop shaking
[01:15.41] I want to go home
[01:19.32] Please let me go home
[01:24.60] Go home
[01:36.53] And I have seen a friend of mine
[01:40.55] Hang on the wire like some rag toy
[01:44.60] And in the heat the flies come down
[01:48.62] And cover up the boy
[01:52.62] And the flies come down in Gommecourt
[01:56.55] Thiepval, Mametz Wood and French Verdun
[02:00.72] If the preacher he could see those flies
[02:04.76] Wouldn't preach for the sound of guns
[02:08.90] And I-I-I...
[02:13.70] And I can't stop shaking
[02:17.05] My hands won't stop shaking
[02:21.88] My arms won't stop shaking
[02:25.90] My mind won't stop shaking
[02:30.05] I want to go home
[02:34.04] Please let me go home
[02:40.04] Go home
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