David Page- aka Harry Riley Poems

There came a man amongst them, just an ordinary soul
Made no claims to be an athlete, won no medals cup or bowl
He did not look the soldier, had no prowess with the sword
But the world had found a saviour, and they sought his humble word
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Twenty men set off that day in the good ship Marie Louie
With a cargo of rum and a fine sail
And the devil for company
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Little princess you've been born into wealth untold
You may live a long life and grow very old
Your every wish will be yours to command
With servants 'aplenty and always to hand
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Where did they go-the times we knew
Those voices...people passing through
Such memories, places, fading fast
When young, we thought they'd always last
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He had his faults as we all know
And no one can deny
But of all the men throughout the world
His fame will never die
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For God and Monty
The lights went out and the tanks rolled in
Through Europe's open door
The Nazis blazed an evil trail
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It was a cold and dreary winter's morn
When that shy little orhan child was born
Unloved, unwanted and abandoned
By that brutal mother of a storm
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Remember Me
Duty called and I went to war
Though I'd never fired a gun before
I paid the price for your new day
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‘Life, Love, and Marriage'
The gift of life is a fine thing; of that we can be sure
We take it from the cradle, crying and complaining
Moaning and bewailing, what luck is this, what have I done?
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Gathering pace with effortless grace
Sometimes no more than a silent trace
Emerging from that humble source
To wind its final seaward course
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