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  • A yorkshire man to flanders came
  • The mud shall be his winding sheet
  • A 14 pounder bore his name
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert
  • It tore the skin clean from his face
  • The mud shall be his winding sheet
  • And let the deads head in it’s place
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert
  • It split his belly like a plum
  • The mud shall be his winding sheet
  • And carried him off to kingdom come
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert
  • Poor dick is damp poor dick is dead
  • The mud shall be his winding sheet
  • A smoking crater for his bed
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert
  • His friends unsheathed his bayonet
  • The mud shall be his winding sheet
  • They’ll sing his song they’ll not forget
  • Beyond the lines at Ploegsteert
  • They cut the windpipe from his throat
  • The mud shall be his winding sheet
  • The string shall sing a pretty not
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert
  • The stretched it over his messed head
  • The mud will be his winding sheet
  • The body of a violin
  • As these men three the field they cut
  • The mud will be his winding sheet
  • And shaped the neck from a rifle butt
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert
  • They pulled out of his shattered leg
  • The mud will be his winding sheet
  • A bullet for a tuning peg
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert
  • His curving rib they cleaned with care
  • The mud shall be his winding sheet
  • And strung it with dead horses hair
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert
  • And when the dark of night closed in
  • The mud shall be his winding sheet
  • A tommy found the violin
  • And tucked it underneath his chin
  • And battle fury ceased it's din
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert
  • He drew the bow and it sand with soul
  • The mud shall be his winding sheet
  • I loved the world and now it’s gone
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert
  • It sang again the day we wed
  • The mud shall be his winding sheet
  • Her breasts were soft and her lips were red
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert
  • It sang the wind the rain the sun
  • The mud shall be his winding sheet
  • And sweet rest when your work is done
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert
  • Across barbed wire the song ran clear
  • The mud shall be his winding sheet
  • And every soldier shared a tear
  • Beyond the line at Ploegsteert

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