Stand to on the Somme, brave piper at dawning, Banish the Bosch and the thundering guns, Play your lament for the dead and the dying, Comfort the wounded, reach for the sun. All there together, all there together, All there together, each father and son, Young men and old stand united for ever, Bathed in the blood by the banks of the Somme. Stand down you brave boys with the ghost of the morning, Find rest for your wounds in the clear light o' day, Dream o' your homes - let others take warning, Love will endure, hate must wither away. All there together, all there together, All there together, each father and son, Young men and old stand united for ever, Bathed in the blood by the banks of the Somme. Now it's out o' the trenches o' bloody red water, Over the top, where your comrades have gone, So many fine soldiers, needlessly slaughtered, To glorify war by the banks of the Somme. All there together, all there together, All there together, each father and son, Young men and old stand united for ever, Bathed in the blood by the banks of the Somme. And away to the westward, the home fires are burning, Families are yearning to welcome you home, Long is their vigil, vain is their waiting For those who remain by the banks of the Somme. All there together, all there together, All there together, each father and son, Young men and old stand united for ever, Bathed in the blood by the banks of the Somme. All there together, all there together, All there together, each father and son, Young men and old stand united for ever, Bathed in the blood by the banks of the Somme.
What a beautiful song for a so tragic Battle. My Gt-Granda was there with the Machine Gun Corps...RIP Solider Laddies
Havent heard the lyrics for year but I have an abiding memory of it being played on the pirate station Radio Scotland in the 1960s.
Great song keep going boys
First time Ive heard the song being sung, great job lads
Beautiful
great
Huh... I never knew there were lyrics to this.
I am trying to find the lyrics. I am hearing impaired from my USMC service, I seek solace in music.
TheDustysix
Here they are, scroll down:
mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=7511
Thank You Ma'am!
I just found out about the lyrics from a comment on a different video, apparently they were written by a girl whose father died in the Somme
I'd like to find the lyrics.
Stand to on the Somme, brave piper at dawning,
Banish the Bosch and the thundering guns,
Play your lament for the dead and the dying,
Comfort the wounded, reach for the sun.
All there together, all there together,
All there together, each father and son,
Young men and old stand united for ever,
Bathed in the blood by the banks of the Somme.
Stand down you brave boys with the ghost of the morning,
Find rest for your wounds in the clear light o' day,
Dream o' your homes - let others take warning,
Love will endure, hate must wither away.
All there together, all there together,
All there together, each father and son,
Young men and old stand united for ever,
Bathed in the blood by the banks of the Somme.
Now it's out o' the trenches o' bloody red water,
Over the top, where your comrades have gone,
So many fine soldiers, needlessly slaughtered,
To glorify war by the banks of the Somme.
All there together, all there together,
All there together, each father and son,
Young men and old stand united for ever,
Bathed in the blood by the banks of the Somme.
And away to the westward, the home fires are burning,
Families are yearning to welcome you home,
Long is their vigil, vain is their waiting
For those who remain by the banks of the Somme.
All there together, all there together,
All there together, each father and son,
Young men and old stand united for ever,
Bathed in the blood by the banks of the Somme.
All there together, all there together,
All there together, each father and son,
Young men and old stand united for ever,
Bathed in the blood by the banks of the Somme.
@@babyinuyasha Thank You. I am half deaf from my Service.
@@TheDustysix Thanks for your service
500 miles proclaimers