The Day of Battle
A.E.Housman
1859 to 1936
Track 1
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Are not wept so well at home.
Stand and fight and see your slain,
Far I hear the bugle blow
And the guns begin the song,
And cowards' funerals, when they come
Lives to die another day,
Fly I would, for who would not?
And take the bullet in your brain.
Comrade, if to turn and fly
Stand and do the best my lad;
Soldier, fly or stay for long.
To call me where I would not go,
But since the man that runs away
Made a soldier never die,
Therefore, though the best is bad,
Tis sure no pleasure to be shot.
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