Sappers Lullaby – Fred Smith
[Verse 1]
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Up past from the Role 2, and down past the gate, out to the flight line
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We stood in the sun, slouch hat and gun as two caskets passed us by
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We followed the Padre, onto the Herc. And out into the pale summer sky
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We walked back to Poppy's, and went back to work, with the Dust still in our eyes
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So soldiers, sing me, a sapper's lullaby
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You give it your all, Knowing if you should fall
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That all good things must die
[Verse 2]
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These young engineers, whose job is to clear the roads that we may pass
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Always out front, and when they bear the brunt, man it happens fast
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Sapper D Smith had a wife and a son, the apple of his eye
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Snowy Moreland was just 21, way to young to die
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So soldiers, sing me, a sapper's lullaby
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You give it your all, Knowing if you should fall
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That all good things must die
[Verse 3]
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So go call your mother, call your old man, on the welfare line
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Tell em you love em, while you still can, cause all good things must die
[Chorus]
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So soldiers, sing me, a sapper's lullaby
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You give it your all, Knowing if you should fall
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That all good things must die