VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCE

*So all of them knelt down to pray For their comrades who were gone too soon In the soggy swamp where they lay Weaker and weaker they grew, day after day Cause battle had intensified throughout June So all of them knelt down to pray They wished to rewind time least to May With the rhythm of their Heartbeat out of tune In the soggy swamp where they lay Clouds had cast a thick canopy allowing no single ray To touch their bloated bellies threatening to balloon So all of them knelt down to pray From a distance they heard a Donkey in horror bray Sending shock-waves through the battered platoon In the soggy swamp where they lay They'd agreed to wait for aid on a tray 'Course help would come but they needed it soon So all of them knelt down to pray In the soggy swamp where they lay*

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