ON THE BATTLE GROUND

Soldiers stand in contemplation
Young faces etched in concentration
NCO's keep them holding steady
A mounted officer comes prancing
Upon his steed nervously dancing
Then comes the order to be ready

Nervously awaiting engagement
Standing firm for the regiment
Then artillery is exchanged
Just stand fast and hold the line
Just do that lads and all is fine
Then the bugles tune is changed

The air fills with acrid smoke
And men must stand and choke
After the muskets flash
Across the open ground
The heavy horse's pound
And then the sabres clash

The lancers Bodies tumble
As the legs of horses crumple
And lie on the battleground
Wounded cut and bleeding
Their Precious life receding
The lucky die without a sound

Remember the fallen brothers
Dying for you and others
Remember the forgotten
On foreign fields they lay
Buried deep beneath the clay
Remember the forgotten

Remember the forgotten
Beneath the earth and rotten
They're heroes one and all
So tell the valiant story
Let us remember them in glory
For those who stand and fall

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