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GUEST,AlbertsLion Greatest Anti-War Song Ever? (372* d) RE: Greatest Anti-War Song Ever? 26 Jun 14

Surprised no-one has mentioned Bright Golden Buttons by Shel Silverstein. It's one I sometimes do and last night I performed my personal favourite, The White Cockade (Trad updated, by friend Peter Kay),to a bunch of young soldiers in my local pub - they liked it a lot and bought all the beer! Last verse:

'from Flanders to the Falklands, Crimea to Dunkirk
the ones who give the orders are not the ones to do the work
it's not their wives who sorrow, it's not their wounds that bleed
and they are not, no they are not
fit to govern, they are not fit to lead!

Amen!

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