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Thread #92616 Message #3581529
Posted By: Jim Dixon
04-Dec-13 - 05:48 PM
Thread Name: Songs about World War I
Subject: Lyr Add: DOWN UPON THE DUGOUT FLOOR (Coope, etc.)
Guest,ifor mentioned this song back on 01 Jul 06 – 07:39 AM
Here's my transcription from the recording on YouTube:
DOWN UPON THE DUGOUT FLOOR
As sung by Coope, Boyes & Simpson
Battered down to the ground
Down upon the dugout floor
Hear the whine crease the spine
Take me to that other shore
For I'm here in no man's land
And the world is turned to sand
Down upon the dugout floor
Young in years, old in fears
Down upon the dugout floor
Trapped in time between the lines
Take me to that other shore
For I'm here in no man's land
And the world is turned to sand
Down upon the dugout floor
Oh can't you hear the mournful cry
We cannot do but only die
And here we sit and wonder why
You and I
Battered down to the ground
Down upon the dugout floor
Hear the whine crease the spine
Take me to that other shore
For I'm here in no man's land
And the world is turned to sand
Down upon the dugout floor
My soul can never return home
On air or land or sea or foam
Condemned forever to roam
Lost and alone
Please don't go; I need to know
Down upon the dugout floor
If part of me has set you free
Take me to that other shore
For I'm here in no man's land
And the world is turned to sand
Down upon the dugout floor
Down upon the dugout floor