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29 Aug 03 - 10:34 AM (#1010224) Subject: Lyr Add: New Song - After the Victory From: InOBU After the Victory Words Lorcan Otway Tune, Traditional, The Streets of Derry My child came home to me after the victory My father came home now, to leave no more My husband came home after the speeches My brother came home after the war He joined the army, for some security He joined the army his past to flee He joined the army instead of college After public schooling nothing else was free They promised training, they promised schooling He was given training, to shoot a gun He was sent to war with false dreams of glory But war was fear and pain and scorching sun Then came the word from the well trained leader From the deck of a warship, miles from harms way The war was over, our side victorious The nation cheered the troops that won the day Then came rebuilding, among the ruins, While still the guns barked and bombs ripped the air From where he stood it seemed the war was raging While profiteers raced in to get their share He saw the labels he saw the logos He saw that Haliburton won the war For to the victor, alone will go the spoils He began to see who he was fighting for But for the soldiers, no war had ended For all his comrades the fight was still on Untill the peace came, like a white hot hammer And then the blackness fell and his life was gone |
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02 Sep 03 - 10:41 AM (#1011228) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: New Song - After the Victory From: InOBU there ya go Mick. Cheers Larry |
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03 Sep 03 - 06:37 AM (#1011892) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: New Song - After the Victory From: McGrath of Harlow This one was washed away in the Mudcrash at the weekend. Good one, Larry. It occurred to me that, like the rest of my generation (in this country anyway) I've always referred to World War II as "the last war". Do people still call it that? |
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03 Sep 03 - 08:22 AM (#1011936) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: New Song - After the Victory From: InOBU It is a sign of our age, McGrath, I tend to think of Viet Nam as the last war, "Well back during the war I was a C.O."... each generation has its last war, eh? Larry |
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03 Sep 03 - 11:09 AM (#1012011) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: New Song - After the Victory From: Big Mick Good song, Larry. What is the tune like? Mick |
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03 Sep 03 - 04:20 PM (#1012220) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: New Song - After the Victory From: katlaughing Well done, Larry. It seems even more ironic in light of the news about Jessica Lynch getting a million dollar book deal with her co-author being the brat the NYTimes fired for plagarism! Thanks for sharing, kat |
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03 Sep 03 - 04:56 PM (#1012248) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: New Song - After the Victory From: InOBU True true true Kat... Mick! Get the Purple Album from Paul Brady and Andy Irvine, and check out Streets of Derry, that's the tune. Cheers, failing that, PM me, I will send ya my phone number and call me and I will sing it to ya. Cheers again, Larry |