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.. -heCaaia Camio,-rda,--col-r C nntuul M Just A Common Soldier .1ý;ý---- He was getting old and paunchy Is the greatest contribution .-*-- and his hair was falling fast; to the welfare of aur land, And he sat around the Legion A persan wbo breaks promises Ik n Fianders Fields ¾ telling stories o h past. and cons his fllow man; 0f a war that he had faught in Or to tbe ordinaiy feîow, In Flanders fields the poppies blow and the deeds that be had done, Wbo in times af war and strife, Between the crasses, raw on row, ln is exploits with is buddies, Gaes off to serve bis country \ Tbat mark our place; and in the sky K tbey were beroes, every one. and offers up bis life? The larks, stili bravely singing, fly And tho' sometimes ta bis neigbbours, Its so easy ta forget tbem, Scarce beard amid tbe guns below. bis tales becanie a jake, for it was long ago, We are tbe Dead. Short days aga Ail bis Legion buddies listened That tbe "Old Bis" of aur country Welefetdwswunegaw for tbey knew wbereof be spoke. went ta battie but we kno, ~L dadwr aeadnww i But we'll bear tbis tales no longer. It was nat tbe politicians. nFadrils for Bill bas passeci away; witb tbeir compromises and ploys,InFadrfils And tbe world's a littie poorer, Wbo won for us tbe freedom ~ Take up aur quarrel witb the foe; for a soldier dies today. tbat aur country now enjays. * To yau, from failing bands we tbrow He'i not be mourned by many, He was just a common soldierk The torcb; be yaurs ta bold it bigb. just is cbildren and bis wife, and bis ranks are growing tbin, If ye break faitb Witb us wbo die For be lived an ordinary But bis presence sbould remind us j½. esalntsep bubppisga and quite uneventful life. we may need bis like again. In Flanders fields. Held a lob and ralsed a family, For wben cauntnies are ln confiict, John McCrae quietly gaing on bis way, tben we find tbe soldiers part, And tbe world wan't note is passing, Is dlean up ail tbe troubles tbougb a soldier dled taday. tbat others often start. Wben politicians leave tbis eartb, If we can not give bim bonour, tbeir bodies lie ln state, wbile be's bere ta bear tbe praise, And tbousands note tbeir passlng Then at least let's give bim bornage, Takce two m inutes to sai' and proclaim tbat tbey were great. atbe endings bf is days.th n yo Newspapers tell tbeir l1e stories, Perbaps a simple notice h n o from the time tbat tbey were yaung. in a paper tbat would say, But tbe passing of a simple soldier Canada is mourning, goes unnaticed and unsung. cause a soldier passed away" Litte popyl'Il wear a littie poppy, 2 UE Given ta me, As red as red ca e Hepme keep aur world To sbow tbat I remember SILEN CEt Salie and free. Tbose wbo fougbt for me. "The Wave of Silence"p They shall grow flot old, as we that are left grow old. Age shaliflot weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the moming, We Wl)) Remember Them. B8- -The ( Canadian Champion, Friday, October 25, 2002