City of Tragedy-Sir Reg

[00:00.03]far away - sir reg [00:20.54]there was only unemploymet [00:21.82] [00:22.33]there the day that i left school [00:24.76] [00:25.49]were many words and promises [00:27.78]and talk of home rule [00:30.35]so i joined the british [00:32.31]army and i sold away my soul [00:34.89] [00:35.46]and went off to foreign [00:36.98]lands to fight an enemy unknown [00:40.01] [00:40.67]well me and twenty other [00:42.34]lads all from the culdesac [00:44.88] [00:45.67]we ended up together in the [00:48.30]same old muddy trench [00:50.05] [00:50.59]ah young doyler lost his marbles [00:52.68]and the others tried to cope [00:55.17] [00:55.68]as they sent the boys out one by one [00:58.22]into the barb and smoke [01:00.34]far away far away [01:05.60]ah they're dying on the battlefields for nothing [01:09.66] [01:10.53]far away far away [01:15.86]but i promised that i'd come back home to mother [01:19.83] [01:21.22]the first week went so slowly [01:23.14]we lost many of our men [01:25.92]i couldn't sleep at all beneath [01:28.47]the earth of no man's land [01:31.02]and i tried to help my comrades [01:33.27]who'd lived horror through the night [01:36.00]all the youth and laughter disappeared [01:38.07] [01:38.64]replaced by fear and spite [01:40.54] [01:41.50]deevy from the culdesac got hit between the eyes [01:46.22]he didn't see it coming and [01:48.51]he fell beneath the skies [01:51.15]well i'd known him since the [01:52.72]age of ten and sat with him in school [01:56.27]ah what the hell are we doing here [01:58.81]no hope for me or you [02:01.03]far away far away [02:05.58] [02:06.09]ah they're dying on the battlefields for nothing [02:10.38] [02:11.15]far away far away [02:16.43]but i promised that i'd come back home to mother [02:20.23] [02:41.99]then winter came and battered us [02:44.15]an enemy of new [02:46.17] [02:46.77]brought many fears and tragedies [02:49.25]to last a whole life through [02:51.85]i was promised an adventure [02:53.92]but this is a living hell [02:56.41] [02:56.98]the reality of war is nothing like the posters sell [03:01.72]far away far away [03:05.94] [03:06.69]ah they're dying on the battlefields for nothing [03:10.89] [03:11.81]far away far away [03:16.98]but i promised that i'd come back home to mother [03:20.68] [03:22.00]far away far away [03:26.40] [03:26.98]ah they're dying on the battlefields for nothing [03:31.12] [03:32.02]far away far away [03:37.41]but i promised that i'd come back home to mother [03:41.12]