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The Fall of Singapore No. 1
I'll never forget the City
The day that Singapore fell
The way the enemy shelled it
Was nothing but misery and hell
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Everyone did their bit in the battle
Nobody was to blame
Only the people that started the trouble
To receive greater pay and champagne
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It was easy to give all the orders
And tell someone else what to do
But what about us poor soldiers
Fighting on biscuits and stew
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They tried all they could to protect us
To save what they could is the state
But we know the Air Force had left us
So we gave in before it meant fate
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They thought of the women and children
And made peace for them all
That was why the white flag was hoisted
Which meant that the City did fall
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So into the town like mad men
Came the Nipons on the following day
They took all our homes and our comforts
And arranged for our escort away
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We went to our place of internment
We smiled whatever they gave
We left remembering our brave ones
Asleep in their peaceful graves
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We know we had one great creator
Who witnessed the wrong that was done
Who will stand by our side in the trouble
Until our freedom and battle is won.
June 4th 1942, WGC, River Valley P.O.W., Singapore
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