There was frost in the ground
And kind old King George sent Mother a note
In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
And the Anzio Bridgehead was held for the price
When the tigers broke free
Held back the enemy tanks for a while
Most of them dead, the rest of them dying
One miserable morning in black '44
It was just before dawn
When he asked that his men be withdrawn
Took my daddy from me
It was, I recall in the form of a scroll
It was dark all around
They were all left behind
Publisher: ARTEMIS MUZIEKUITGEVERIJ B.V.
When the forward commander was told to sit tight
And the Generals gave thanks as the other ranks
And no one survived from the Royal Fusiliers Company C
And that's how the High Command
When he heard that father was gone
His Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp
Songwriter: Roger Waters
With gold leaf and all
Of a few hundred ordinary lives
And I found it one day