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[aid] => Mick
[title] => Song of a Forgotten Battlefield
[time] => 2003-10-04 06:05:00
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[bodytext] => You may see the green grass growing And wander upon it without knowing What took place where you now stand That forever tarnished this plot of land The gruesome scene, the battle line Lie buried in the sands of time Sit now and listen to my tale Of a nation torn apart by the hail Of bullets-go back a hundred years To the day this dreadful field of tears Earned its name-the battle cry, the snare drum’s reel The screams of pain, the clash of steel The sun was rising in the east Shining rays of light in peace The golden shafts striking the face Of the water in this peaceful place The day was here-the night was done It was time for the horror of war to come. At first it could barely be heard Like the whisper of an unholy word A distant booming-such that one could not wonder If the sound was not just merely thunder And there was lightening, but in this case It came from a rifle’s snarling face. And the battle finally spilled over a hill (Now the devil would drink his fill) This Lightening storm was caused by man Fallen from grace, and from God’s hand And now the storm came into plain view The bloody ranks of grey and blue. [comments] => 2 [counter] => 210 [topic] => 57 [informant] => scott [notes] => [ihome] => 1 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => war )
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