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Do You Ever Think Of England-

from Real Lives by The Living Archive Band

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From the play 'Days of Pride'.

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Do you ever think of England?
Rod Hall

Do you ever think of England
When it’s four on a shell-shocked morning
You try staying awake lad, when your body cries for rest.
You try being a hero when the best friend that you ever had
Is lying out in No-Man’s Land with a bullet in the chest

Oh…. I can still hear the brass band playing
I can still see them singing and marching
While they take young men off to war
Oh… If they really want to make me happy
Then they’ve got to march me down
From the top of this hill
That they marched me up before

There’s a quiet place behind the lines
Where crosses stand in row on row
The list of missing and wounded grows longer every day
Kitchener told us when we joined
We’d be proud to hold our heads up high
Don’t try doing that here, lad you’ll throw your life away.

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from Real Lives, released February 1, 2000

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The Living Archive Band Milton Keynes, UK

An acoustic quintet with an emphasis on strong vocals to deliver both songs and the spoken word depicting the experiences of the people of North Buckinghamshire past and present. The inhabitants of the towns of Wolverton, Stony Stratford and Bletchley and of course the new city of Milton Keynes all have had something to say, and the Living Archive Band gives them a voice. ... more

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