Thursday, December 24, 2009

Christmas 1915



1915 on Christmas Day
On the western front the guns all died away
And lying in the mud on bags of sand
We heard a German sing from no man's land
He had tenor voice so pure and true
The words were strange but every note we knew
Soaring or the the living dead and dammed
The German sang of peace from no man's land

They left their trenches and we left ours
Beneath tin hats smiles bloomed like wild flowers
With photos, cigarettes, and pots of wine
We bult a soldier's truce on the front line
Their singer was a lad of 21
We begged another song before the dawn
And sitting in the mud and blood and fear
He sang again the song all longed to hear

Silent night, no cannons roar
A king is born of peace for evermore
All's calm, all's bright
All brothers hand in hand
In 19 and 15 in no man's land

And in the morning all guns boomed in the rain
And we killed them and they killed us again
At night they charged we fought them hand to hand
And I killed the boy that sang in no man's land

Silent night no cannons roar
A king is born of peace for evermore
All's calm, all's bright
All brothers hand in hand
And that young soldier sings
And the song of peace still rings
Though the captains and all the kings
Built no man's land
Sleep in heavenly peace

4 comments:

Alicia (still in need of a cool blog identity...) said...

I'm mad at you Stephanie... I listened to that song, liked it, looked up others, and now for some reason can't stop listening to their songs! I usually don't care for singing, but they are good. :) For some reason I REALLY like "A bird without wings". Thanks a lot. X(

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Stephanie Cosby said...

LOL!!!!!! You are so funny! I LOVE their music! I listen to it all the time! A bird without wings is one of my very favorites! I'm glad you liked it. We both like some of the same music now!!! :D

Anna Joy said...

Ahaha, and I got Stephanie started on it in the first place! :)

I like that song SO much, Steph!

Stephanie Cosby said...

Yeah you did, Anna! Thanks! :D