Forgotten Heroes of the Somme

Over the top lads, for old Blighty! Hold the colours high! Say a little prayer for me, for this summer day we die. My brothers from the ripened field and blackened mill, shop floor, Your brother in a killing field to fight a rich man’s war. In bloodied mud and shattered wood, fight legions of the brave, Unwitting youth, you’ll do your duty until you’re in the grave. A sergeant greets a fresh-faced boy, “welcome to the slaughter!” Here you die from three diseases, bullet, gas or mortar. In arms we fight together and in leaden hails we pass, We die amongst the filth and stench that once was verdant grass. “In the morning we will remember them” we hear the leaders call, Those fickle words of history, will not remember us all.