Tramp, Tramp, Tramp-Harlan/Ian Swinley

[ti:Tramp, Tramp, Tramp] [ar:Harlan] [al:Keep the Home Fires Burning : The Songs and Music of the 1st World War from the Original Recordings] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tramp, Tramp, Tramp - Harlan/Ian Swinley [00:11.70]In my prison cell I sit [00:14.37]Thinking mother dear of you [00:17.25]And our bright and happy home so far away [00:22.77]And the tears they fill my eyes [00:25.49]Spite of all that I can do [00:28.49]Those I try to cheer my comrades and be gay [00:33.82] [00:34.61]Tramp tramp tramp the boys are marching [00:39.52]Cheer up comrades they will come [00:43.72]And beneath the starry flag [00:46.49]We shall breathe the air again [00:48.54]Of the free land in our own beloved home [00:53.38] [01:30.54]In the battle front we stood [01:32.43]When their fiercest charge they made [01:34.87]And they swept us off a hundred men or more [01:39.36]But before we reached their lines [01:41.74]They were beaten back dismayed [01:44.30]And we heard the cry of victory over and over [01:48.29] [01:49.55]Tramp tramp tramp the boys are marching [01:54.08]Cheer up comrades they will come [01:57.59] [01:58.38]And beneath the starry flag [02:00.43]We shall breathe the air again [02:02.63]Of the free land in our own beloved home [02:07.01] [02:19.04]So within the prison cell [02:22.34]We are waiting for the day [02:25.33]That shall come to open wide the iron door [02:31.74]And the hollow eye grows bright [02:34.94]And the poor heart almost gay [02:38.49]As we think of seing home and friends once more [02:44.49] [02:46.13]Tramp tramp tramp the boys are marching [02:50.85]Cheer up comrades they will come [02:54.49] [02:55.02]And beneath the starry flag [02:57.42]We shall breathe the air again [02:59.61]Of the free land in our own beloved home [03:03.78] [03:12.44]We shall breathe the air again [03:19.37] [03:20.21]Our own beloved home [03:25.42] [03:26.09]Of the free land in our own beloved home [03:40.39] [03:58.30]Tramp tramp tramp the boys are marching [04:02.20] [04:02.88]Cheer up comrades they will come [04:07.03]And beneath the starry flag [04:09.31]We shall breathe the air again [04:11.31]Of the free land in our own beloved home