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I knew a simple soldier boy.....
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
And no one spoke of him again.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
they are all Riflemen from 4RIFLES - the QM was my old Platoon Sergeant.
good to see them doing a bit of Air Guitar with their A2's.
thanks Buck, i hadn't seen that online.
No problem mate, saw it online and thought you might be interested
I knew a simple soldier boy.....
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
And no one spoke of him again.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
lol, nah - at the time when we were Green Jackets (2RIFLES and 4RIFLES) it was Sergeant.
the whole of the Rifles only adopted 'Serjeant' in 2007. before then it was a Light Infantry (3RIFLES and 5RIFLES) thing.
but it's a great song, iconic, and to be honest it really did influence me joining the Army when i was a young lad.
i'd buy it if i bought music - but i don't - but i'll buy it anyhow.
thanks again Buck.
They're Spurs fans so whatever you think about the music, they must be decent blokes...
Hope it raises a few bob for the charities anywy
I knew a simple soldier boy.....
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
And no one spoke of him again.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
NOOOOO!
NOT AGAIN!
Do you people not realise what it is like to have this sung at you every time you walk down the street in uniform?
Try joining the Army about 3 weeks before it was released.
First weekend off and surrounded by so called mates shouting it at you the first time I hit the dancefloor
though I preferred the Dire Straits "brothers in arms" charity song
but to be fair to Quo- its a good version and catchy
I hope it makes a lot of money for the poor young lads maimed and injured.
RGJ- some cute birds in the video- are they female riflesrs
and is that a unit madra or does he belng to the band
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
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