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It was just before dawn

One miserable morning in black 'forty four.

When the forward commander

Was told to sit tight

When he asked that his men be withdrawn.

And the Generals gave thanks

As the other ranks held back

The enemy tanks for a while.

And the Anzio bridgehead

Was held for the price

Of a few hundred ordinary lives.

And kind old King George

Sent Mother a note

When he heard that father was gone.

It was, I recall,

In the form of a scroll,

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">With gold leaf adorned,

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">And I found it one day

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">A <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">nd my eyes still grow damp to remember

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:center;">His Majesty signed