Valley Of Kilbride-The Once

[ti:Valley Of Kilbride] [ar:The Once] [al:Row Upon Row Of The People They Know] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Valley Of Kilbride - The Once [00:21.23]On the battle field in sunny France [00:27.25] [00:28.37]A hero brave did stand; [00:32.49] [00:35.22]He thought of friends he loved so well [00:40.90] [00:42.05]In dear old Newfoundland [00:46.87] [00:49.21]When a vision bright did gain his view [00:54.81] [00:56.11]The dear old riverside [01:00.40] [01:03.10]And the home he loved in boyhood days [01:08.49] [01:09.86]In the Valley of Kilbride [01:14.72] [01:17.13]A comrade he lay wounded [01:22.97] [01:23.85]Lay dying on the field [01:28.05] [01:30.92]Those plucky Newfoundlanders [01:36.97] [01:37.98]They died before they yielded [01:43.34] [01:44.97]On no man's land they rushed across [01:50.33] [01:51.88]Where shot and shell do fly [01:56.46] [01:58.88]On no man's land they rushed across [02:04.20] [02:05.82]You could hear their charging cry [02:10.68] [02:12.92]No coward's blood runs through their veins [02:18.57] [02:20.03]They'll conquer now or die [02:25.05] [02:27.03]They gained the front line trenches [02:32.23] [02:33.25]From the enemy that day; [02:39.31] [02:40.86]While on their left or on their right [02:45.87] [02:47.40]Machine guns they did fly [02:52.05] [02:54.52]When the dying comrade raised his head [02:59.79] [03:01.66]A signal to draw night [03:06.75] [03:08.87]There's another girl who waits for me [03:14.80] [03:15.89]And thinks that I'll come home; [03:20.72] [03:22.75]Go and tell her that in Bowring Park [03:28.53] [03:29.69]We never more shall roam [03:34.99] [03:36.47]We never more shall meet on earth [03:41.76] [03:43.17]Since you and I must part [03:47.40] [03:50.45]Still her memory lingers yet [03:55.57] [03:57.32]Within my bleeding heart [04:01.69] [04:02.44]There's a photo that she gave to me [04:09.12] [04:10.68]Lies closely by my side [04:15.58] [04:17.11]You can scarcely recognize it now [04:22.73] [04:24.43]For with my blood it's dyed; [04:29.90] [04:30.84]You can scarcely recognize it now [04:36.64] [04:38.05]But you will be sure to know [04:43.84] [04:44.87]It's a photograph she gave to me [04:50.26] [04:52.02]Just a few short months ago [04:56.32] [05:01.37]On the battle field in sunny France [05:07.63] [05:08.43]A boy from Newfoundland