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The Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)

The Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)

Chris White / Colin Blunstone / Hugh Grundy / Paul Atkinson / Rod Argent

A butcher yes that was my trade
But the king's shilling is now my fee
A butcher I may as well have stayed
For the slaughter that I see

And the preacher in his pulpit
Sermon: "Go and fight, do what is right"
But he don't have to hear these guns
And I'll bet he sleeps at night

And I
And I can't stop shaking
My hands won't stop shaking
My arms won't stop shaking
My mind won't stop shaking
I want to go home
Please let me go home
Go home

And I have seen a friend of mine
Hang on the wire
Like some rag toy
Then in the heat the flies come down
And cover up the boy
And the flies come down in
Gommecourt, Thiepval,
Mametz Wood, and French Verdun
If the preacher he could see those flies
Wouldn't preach for the sound of guns

And I
And I can't stop shaking
My hands won't stop shaking
My arms won't stop shaking
My mind won't stop shaking
I want to go home
Please let me go home
Go home

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Wann wurde das Lied “The Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)” von The Zombies veröffentlicht?: Das Lied The Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) wurde im Jahr 1968, auf dem Album “Odessey And Oracle” veröffentlicht.
Wer hat das Lied “The Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)” von The Zombies komponiert?: Das Lied “The Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)” von The Zombies wurde von Chris White, Colin Blunstone, Hugh Grundy, Paul Atkinson und Rod Argent komponiert.