Lyr Req: The Soldier (Harvey Andrews)

Subject: Name that tune?
From: GUEST,Paul
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 12:25 PM

A friend of mine has posted this message at another forum with no results, I was wondering if anyone would know this tune here?

>> Ok so this is a long shot but..... There has been a song running around in my head since I last heard it when i was about 10 years old sitting in my Grandads car.

I think it was a Folk song (which of course is gonna make it easier to track down!)

About a British solider that was posted in Ireland it basically told the story of how he was other there and why was he over there when all the locals hated him and dispised his presence in their country.

He is think this whilst on guard at a train station, and whilst he thinking this a window breaks and a package bomb comes flying in. He looks around at the women and children who are all looking to him and the line goes something like "of please god save our children or they'll end their short lives here"

So the soldier walks to the bomb and lies down over it. It explodes but he saves the local people who gather round him rejoicing. The line goes "one less british soldier where he did not belong" -

Does this ring a bell with anybody esp the more mature members of the forum?

I'm really desperate to track this song down, but have failed miserably for the last three years. (yes I really have been looking that long)

I want to hear it again and also put it on a Tape/Cd for my grandad..

anybody help of know a good site to look up these sort of things...

All help greatly apreciated.. <<

Thankyou.

Paul.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Name that tune?
From: Noreen
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 12:32 PM

Never heard it, sorry.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Name that tune?
From: MMario
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 12:34 PM

no luck searching the web for it either.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Name that tune?
From: pavane
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 12:47 PM

It's by Harvey Andrews, but I can't remember the title. Try his name in a search

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Name that tune?
From: pavane
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 12:52 PM

Might be the track entitled 'soldier' on his album Writer of songs. Available now on CD - see his web site at www.HarveyAndrews.com

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Name that tune?
From: GUEST,Paul
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 01:07 PM

Thankyou, thankyou.

That is the very song.

Well done!

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Name that tune?
From: Roger in Sheffield
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 01:07 PM

you beat me to it here
there are mp3's too including soldier

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Name that tune?
From: Snuffy
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 06:27 PM

It's been posted in a thread here this year or last, but I can't find it

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Name that tune?
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 07:10 PM

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