Christmas 1915-Celtic Thunder

[ti:Christmas 1915] [ar:Celtic Thunder] [al:Tribute to Celtic Thunder the Christmas Show] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Christmas 1915 - Celtic Thunder [00:10.38]1915 on christmas day [00:15.64] [00:16.37]On the western front the guns all died away [00:22.08] [00:22.70]And lying in the mud on bags of sand [00:27.90] [00:28.99]We heard a german sing from no man's land [00:34.81] [00:35.36]He had tenor voice so pure and true [00:41.30]The words were strange but every note we knew [00:46.88] [00:48.17]Soaring over the living dead and damned [00:53.48] [00:54.14]A german sang of peace from no man's land [00:59.82] [01:03.01]They left their trenches and we left ours [01:09.47] [01:10.31]Beneath tin hats the smiles bloomed like wild flowers [01:15.38] [01:16.32]With photos cigarettes and pots of wine [01:21.15] [01:22.65]We built a soldier's truce on the front line [01:29.03]Their singer was a lad of 21 [01:34.47] [01:35.32]We begged another song before the dawn [01:41.56]And sitting in the blood and mud and fear [01:47.94]He sang again the song all longed to hear [01:53.90] [01:54.52]Silent night no cannons roar [02:00.81]A king is born of peace for evermore [02:06.57]All's calm all's bright [02:11.71]All brothers hand in hand [02:15.75] [02:16.44]In 19 and 15 in no man's land [02:21.58] [02:25.15]And in the morning all the guns boomed in the rain [02:31.33] [02:32.17]And we killed them and they killed us again [02:37.82] [02:38.49]At night they charged we fought them hand to hand [02:44.36]And i killed the boy that sang in no man's land [02:50.64] [02:51.33]Silent night no cannons roar [02:57.68]A king is born of peace for evermore [03:03.45]All's calm all's bright [03:08.53]All brothers hand in hand [03:13.14]And that young soldier sings [03:16.33]And the song of peace still rings [03:19.54]Though the captains and all the kings [03:22.72]Built no man's land [03:29.31] [03:30.76]Sleep in heavenly peace