Roger...I don't know what it is...I have the same trouble with the song. I have tried to handle it myself. I have even tried to visualize the german soldier plunging the knife into the soldier from the scene in "Saving Pvt. Ryan" I still can not make it work Deep in side I know it Hollywood and I do believe a Scene like Christmas in the Trenches probably was real somewhere during the war back then. I can not even begin to sing Phil Colter's "The Old Man" Not just because my Dad passed much in the same way (it happened so sudden) but I relate it to Christmas in the Trenches cause he died Christmas Eve (between the 23rd and 24th of December) As I get older it seems to get worse I do not know what to tell you. I would like to hear the Randall Knife..Not familiar with that one. On second thought I'll pass for now**BG Happy Holidays Winters Wages