Christmas 1915

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[Verse 1]
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1915 on Christmas Day
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On the western front the guns all died away
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And lying in the mud on bags of sand
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We heard a German sing from no man's land
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He had tenor voice so pure and true
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The words were strange but every note we knew
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Soaring o'er the the living dead and damned
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The German sang of peace from no man's land

[Verse 2]
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They left their trenches and we left ours
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Beneath tin hats smiles bloomed like wild flowers
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With photos, cigarettes, and pots of wine
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We bult a soldier's truce on the front line
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Their singer was a lad of 21
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We begged another song before the dawn
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And sitting in the mud and blood and fear
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He sang again the song all longed to hear

[Chorus]
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Silent night, no cannons roar
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A king is born of peace for evermore
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All's calm, all's bright
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All brothers hand in hand
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In 19 and 15 in no man's land

[Verse 3]
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And in the morning all the guns boomed in the rain
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And we killed them and they killed us again
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At night they charged we fought them hand to hand
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And I killed the boy that sang in no man's land

[Chorus]
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Silent night no cannons roar
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A king is born of peace for evermore
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All's calm, all's bright
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All brothers hand in hand
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And that young soldier sings
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And the song of peace still rings
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Though the captains and all the kings
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Built no man's land

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Sleep in heavenly peace.