[00:20.70]A butcher  yes that was my trade
[00:24.19]But the King's shilling is now my fee
[00:28.76]A butcher I may as well have stayed
[00:32.56]For the slaughter that I see
[00:36.48]And the preacher in his pulpit
[00:40.17]Sermoned "Go and fight  do what is right"
[00:45.54]But he don't have to hear these guns
[00:49.34]And I bet he sleeps at night
[00:54.21]And I
[00:58.42]And I can't stop shaking
[01:02.35]My hands won't stop shaking
[01:06.90]My arms won't stop shaking
[01:10.77]My mind won't stop shaking
[01:15.58]I want to go home
[01:19.43]Please let me go home
[01:23.99]
[01:25.55]Go home
[01:26.78]
[01:36.95]And I have seen a friend of mine
[01:40.88]Hang on the wire like some rag toy
[01:45.12]Then in the heat the flies come down
[01:49.05]And cover up the boy
[01:52.74]And the flies come down in Gommecourt
[01:56.54]Thiepval  Mametz Wood  and French Verdun
[02:01.25]If the preacher  he could see those flies
[02:05.24]Wouldn't preach for the sound of guns
[02:08.99]And I
[02:13.60]And I can't stop shaking
[02:17.53]My hands won't stop shaking
[02:21.72]My arms won't stop shaking
[02:25.90]My mind won't stop shaking
[02:30.58]I want to go home
[02:34.38]Please let me go home
[02:39.50]
[02:40.56]Go home