FOR KING AND COUNTRY
(E. Bogle)

1. For King and for Country
we fought and we died
in the first flush of dawn,
by the fields of the Somme.

2. First to die was our captain
he was shot through the lung:
he lay in the mud
and he choked in his blood.

3. And ten minutes later
on these green fields of France
the grass had turned red
and thousands were dead.

4. And all through that morning
the slaughter went on:
we screamed and we cried
and cursed God as we died.

5. And when it was over
and the killing was done:
A generation had gone,
a generation had gone.

from Eric Bogle's LP "Down under" (a German release). Here are his notes to this song:
"The first song I ever wrote upon the subject that fascinates me most, the first World War. A simple little tune with a simple little message.

Wolfgang