Darkness fell
Upon the shore,
When Jack the soldier
Spoke no more.
He stared away
At the distant waves,
From a misty island
To the far off caves.
Gunfire still sounded
And ships still soar,
But Jack the soldier
Marched no more.
His Friends advanced
Without defeat,
Marched to the music
Did not retreat.
What fools, he thought,
Would cause such gore!
Then Jack the soldier
Thought no more.
They raised their guns
And fired away,
Then one by one
They ran away.
Silence fell
Upon the shore,
When Jack the soldier
Lived no more.
Upon the shore,
When Jack the soldier
Spoke no more.
He stared away
At the distant waves,
From a misty island
To the far off caves.
Gunfire still sounded
And ships still soar,
But Jack the soldier
Marched no more.
His Friends advanced
Without defeat,
Marched to the music
Did not retreat.
What fools, he thought,
Would cause such gore!
Then Jack the soldier
Thought no more.
They raised their guns
And fired away,
Then one by one
They ran away.
Silence fell
Upon the shore,
When Jack the soldier
Lived no more.