09 Nov 99 - 03:34 PM (#133776) Subject: Lyr Add: WE REMEMBER - a song for Veterans' Day. From: M. Garvey Here is a song for Veterans Day...for the Korean Veterans who are so ignored.....tune is Dainty Davey (and I haven't found my tapes with the women's songs on it yet...it's here somewhere...and I shall introduce myself once I can figure out all the commands here..)
WE REMEMBER
Those we left there in the cold
Those who fell in prison yards
Those who died face down in mud
Those whose names we can't forget
Heartbreak Ridge and Pork Chop Hill
Those who died when far too young mg |
10 Nov 99 - 01:18 AM (#134005) Subject: RE: Here's a song for Veterans' Day. From: katlaughing MG, hope you do come back to introduce yourself. Thoughtful post and song. Thank you and welcome to the Mudcat. katlaughing |
10 Nov 99 - 03:04 AM (#134013) Subject: RE: Here's a song for Veterans' Day. From: Stewie And here's a little poem that I learned from a mate called Nick Walmesley who unfortunately died a few years ago in a motorcycle accident. He referred to the author of this ditty, Bill Williams, as 'a POW extraordinaire'. Bill used to write little poems to entertain his fellow POWs in Changi prison camp. This was one of them: OVER THE HILL
It's not the grey hair that makes a man old
If you look at a Venus and just heave a sigh
You can fool your dear wife with the tenderest of lies
Now life is a struggle and the conflict is keen
Now this is my story, alas and alack
Bill Williams
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10 Nov 99 - 03:48 AM (#134020) Subject: RE: Here's a song for Veterans' Day. From: Bugsy Great one Stewie! Got any more? Cheers Bugsy |
10 Nov 99 - 09:02 AM (#134046) Subject: RE: Here's a song for Veterans' Day. From: Stewie Hi Bugsy. Unfortunately, no. Nick had a book of the poems, but that is the only one I learned from him. |
11 Nov 99 - 07:59 AM (#134550) Subject: RE: Here's a song for Veterans' Day. From: Roger in Baltimore Stewie, I loved the poem (though it has little to do with Veteran's Day). I went right home last night and set it to music. Any way I can contact Bill Williams? Roger in Baltimore |
11 Nov 99 - 10:25 AM (#134580) Subject: RE: Here's a song for Veterans' Day. From: Stewie I have no knowledge of Bill Williams apart from what I have indicated. He tried to lessen the burden of the appalling traumas that he and his mates experienced and I think his little poem has everything to do with our pausing for a moment on the 11th of November to reflect on the strength of the human spirit in the face of dire adversity. |