| The muffled march of distant feet The silent drummer poised to beat retreet Back goes the memory many years passed The agony of war, how long would it last When every home knew the error of war Fearing the dreaded knock on the door   How everyone stood with their backs to the wall Determined she wouldn’t fall, But now so bewildered we’ve become So what of the war and it’s final sum A tragic thought those rows of graves That stand as sentinal, to our warriors brave |