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When the Tigers broke free, by Roger Waters, Pink Floyd

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When the Tigers Broke Free

Pink Floyd,Track 111 on Oh By The Way 

Producers: Roger Waters, James Guthrie & 1 more

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[Verse 1]

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When he asked that his men be withdrawn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

 

[Verse 2]

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

With gold leaf and all

And I found it one day 

In a drawer of old photographs hidden away

And my eyes still grow damp 

To remember his Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp

 

[Verse 3]

It was dark all around, 

There was frost in the ground 

When the Tigers broke free

And no one survived

From the Royal Fusiliers, Company C

They were all left behind, 

Most of them dead, 

The rest of them dying

And that's how the High Command 

Took my daddy from me 

… 

IN FRENCH 

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