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Calling Doon The Line
Alan Brydons song about the pipers in The Great War which was adopted as the anthem for the fund raising campaign for the new memorial to the fallen Scots, (and those descendant from Scotland) at P...
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They were only in their teens.
The lad to his mother said, Dinna fret, well be home by Christmas Day,
And the piper played Scotland the Brave as they waved the boys away.
Calling doon the line, calling doon the line, and they rallied roond to the pipers tune, it was calling doon the line.
For to bear the brunt of the Western Front theyd soon be on their way
So off they marched, rifles shoulder-high And all at once they sang
For ????????????, pay the pipers in the band
Calling doon the line, calling doon the line, and they rallied roond to the pipers tune, it was calling doon the line.
And the generals spent a thousand men for every inch they gained.
The brave young men faced their battle down, so proud to do their job, and the piper stood in a line of fire
And played them o'er the top."
Calling doon the line, calling doon the line, and they rallied roond to the pipers tune, it was calling doon the line.
The victory claimed would disguise the shame
And nothing more was said.
And the fallen brave on a foreign field, that gave the very best
And the piper played a sad lament as they laid the boys to rest.
Calling doon the line, calling doon the line, and they rallied roond to the pipers tune, it was calling doon the line.
And they rallied roond to the pipers tune, it was calling doon the line.