One of mine written a while ago.. put your own tune to it and use as you want... if you want to!!:-


The Point of War?

I went into the township, my uniform shining,
A fiery young soldier, away to the war.
I said my goodbyes to my dainty young sweetheart,
And knowing I might never see her no more.
I marched far away' cross the pink moorland heather,
Across the great river and down to the sea.
I joined with my regiment to go to battle,
Not knowing my future and what was to be!

Three days without sleep, as we travelled the ocean,
The sickness it took us and turned us all green.
No food could we eat, for none could we stomach,
We were looking much less than a fighting machine.
But we fought side by side, our bayonets thrusting,
The shots they rang out and so many men fell.
We moved on the enemy, killing and dying,
My legs disappeared, I was hit by a shell.

So many men died and the more they were injured,
To our homeland they brought those alive and in pain.
Now just half a man, I was vowing that I would not
Ever be seeing my true love again.
But she being willful, she made to my presence,
She held me so tight I could scarce catch the air.
She vowed that she loved me and would so for ever,
Her lifetime she now would devote to my care.

The war it was ended, with no-one a winner,
But with many sad losers confined to their beds
Some legs and arms missing those were lost in combat,
Some mentally shot and some out of their heads.
Twas so long ago that I went into battle,
A memory so distant but now after all.
I often look down for to see where my legs were,
They were lost to me only when I answered the call.

So to all you young men who are ready for fighting,
For all you young men who may choose to make war.
You may not come home whole of mind or of body,
You may never see, your own homeland no more.

Mike Hill
(2008)