Greetings:

I just added a new anti-war song to my SoundClick music page. It gave it the poetic, symbolic title of Bring Our Soldiers Home, and I set it to the tune of Siúil a Rún, sometimes phonetically transliterated from the Gaelic as Shul Aroon. When you go to my SoundClick music page, it will be the first one at the top. You are welcome to listen to it on-line or download it for free. Here's a clickable link.

I drafted the song back in December. Joel Landy added the final verse, and Anne Price helped polish everything up. The three of us are therefore sharing the credit equally. Here are the words:

BRING OUR SOLDIERS HOME
Tune: Siúil a Rún (traditional)
New words: Steve Suffet, Joel Landy, and Anne Price ©2008

[Begin on chorus]
Home, home, bring our soldiers home.
When you stand for peace, you never stand alone.
Home, home, bring our soldiers home.
Let's bring our soldiers home,
From the army.

We shall not sit with tear drops in our eyes,
We shall not listen to their vicious lies,
We shall stand for peace, and we shall organize,
To bring our soldiers home,
From the army. [Repeat chorus]

We shall not bathe ourselves in bitter tears,
We shall not lose ourselves in darkest fears,
We shall stand up proud and fight the profiteers,
Let's bring our soldiers home,
From the army. [Repeat chorus]

We shall not lose when we are all as one,
And say forever that the war is done,
We shall save our every daughter and save our every son,
Let's bring our soldiers home,
From the army. [Repeat chorus twice]


With a little good luck, Bring Our Soldiers Home will soon be just a historic artifact. Let's hope so.

--- Steve