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Moving ~ Don't huddle on this beach Don't make yourselves a target For those guns up there to reach Keep moving lads ... keep moving There's the seawall ... over there Keep moving lads ... keep moving Don't falter ... or despair Don't look ... at comrades falling Around you ... everywhere Keep moving lads ... keep moving We can take this ... on the chin Keep moving ... and keep praying Before those guns ... they zero in.
- A Quiet Place -
It's quiet here ... so quiet Standing on this hill But if I stand here too much longer My eyes with tears will fill Looking down ... I'm there again On that beach ... just down below Far different ... to that morning That I remember so That beach ... it was a hell on earth Where no man ... should ever go I remember I was down there I should know Don't cry now ... dear old soldier That was many years ago
There are forty of us waiting In this little LCA We sailors ... and these soldiers We're taking in today They came aboard our mother ship Now several days ago They're growing very pale As the strain begins to show They're only boys ... the most of them Eighteen to twenty three For some of them ... tomorrow Is a day ... they'll never see I can't promise we'll all make it lads But I'll do my best ... you'll see I'll remember you ... you young soldiers This day ... in Normandy God bless you lads ... and keep you safe We'll meet again ... one day This is it then lads ... keep your heads down AWAY ALL BOATS ... AWAY.
- Any moment now -
The noise ... it will begin As bombarding ships and rocket ships Send their salvos whistling in Any moment now These landing craft will move Making for the beaches Defenders ... to remove Any moment now There will be many a silent prayer As these craft attain the beaches So close now ... see them there
Any moment now Men and craft ... they will be hit It is then ... we'll be required To show we have true grit Any moment now I will be watching comrades fall Be ready Lord ... above the noise Listen ... for my call I do not know if I will cope Please ... stand by me ... show me how I'm going to need you ... more than ever Any moment now.
- I stand here now -
I stand here now Amongst ... brave men With whom ... I've stood before The last time ... when we landed On June 6th of '44 Back then ... we were all young men Eighteen or little more Their lives ... cut short ... that morning On this distant ... windswept shore I stand here now ... and wonder What would they ... have become Had they survived ... that morning Their lives ... allowed full run One thing ... I know ... for certain Of which ... there is ... no doubt These brave young men My pals ... from then Would be ... old White haired ... with wrinkled brow Just like me ... As I stand here ... now.
Tony Chapman will be happy to provide information or advice on landing craft used off Normandy in June of 1944. Write to a.chapman93@ntlworld.com Copyright Mr A Chapman.
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