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Young men, soldiers, nineteen fourteen
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Marching through countries they'd never seen
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Virgins with rifles, a game of charades
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All for a children's crusade
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Pawns in the game are not victims of chance
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Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France
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Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
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All of these young lives betrayed
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The children of England would never be slaves
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They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
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The flower of England face down in the mud
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And stained in the blood of a whole generation
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Corpulent generals safe behind lines
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History's lessons drowned in red wine
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Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
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All of those young lives betrayed
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All for a children's crusade
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The children of England would never be slaves
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They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
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The flower of England face down in the mud
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And stained in the blood of a whole generation
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Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty four
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Fixing in doorways, opium slaves
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Poppies for young men, such bitter trade
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All of those young lives betrayed
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All for a children's crusade
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Childrens Crusade
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