The Nation did come to call all people one and all
Together we stood so tall divided we took the fall
For the Nation

For the Nation

My brother was 21 and he'd never healed a gun

They took him and told him son we want you to kill someone
For the Nation
For the Nation


Chorus
Well I have seen me die on that firing line

Laying dead and done with their machine gun
Mothers one and all tell your children small
There's no need to win in a war again


A letter came in today my mother went on to say
He said that he's just OK but that was the other day

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The newsman came up the lane
And in from the fields we came

He told us there was no shame
Now there's a grave they call my brothers name
For the Nation

For the Nation

Well I have seen me die on that firing line

Laying dead and done with their machine gun
Mothers one and all tell your children small
There's no need to win in a war again