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I watched the flag pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Rockape saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He''d stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil
How many mothers'' tears?
How many pilots'' planes shot down?
How many died at sea
How many foxholes were soldiers'' graves?
No, freedom isn''t free.
I heard the sound ofLast Call one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That Last Call had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin.
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Silent Valley
No, freedom isn''t free.
Enjoy Your Freedom Today & Thank a Veteran or Active Duty Soldier or Sailor for all they have done for us. |
Tribute by: Gordon Cruickshank
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I watched the flag pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Rockape saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He''d stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil
How many mothers'' tears?
How many pilots'' planes shot down?
How many died at sea
How many foxholes were soldiers'' graves?
No, freedom isn''t free.
I heard the sound ofLast Call one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That Last Call had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin.
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Silent Valley
No, freedom isn''t free.
Enjoy Your Freedom Today & Thank a Veteran or Active Duty Soldier or Sailor for all they have done for us. |
Tribute by: SAC Cruickshank Ex RAF regiment
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