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I wrote this poem on my own feelings and how I felt when going off to NI in the 70s ... This is the poem that Gion Stump singer/songwriter from Switzerland has put music to and it will be on his new CD which is released in May .. Gion sung this for the first time on 10th December 2011 whilst on tour and he kindly sent me a copy of the recording that someone in the audience had filmed .....
A Soldiers Dream
(written by Billy Little) 3rd May 2008
Every soldier has a dream
Whilst going off to war
He dreams of coming home
And what he`s fighting for
The promise he made to his mother
Whispered in a farewell embrace
Or the tears he wipes away
From his little sisters face
He shakes the hand of his father
Then hugs him ever so tight
He's holding back the tears
With all of his might
His wife kisses him so tenderly
While his son is at his knee
He scoops him up into his arms
The tears flow for all to see
His little boy wipes his tears
And say`s “Daddy don't cry”
I will look after mum for you
If you were to die
He puts his son down
And turns to walk away
Dreaming, that he will
Make it home one day
© The right of Billy Little to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.….
All rights reserved. No part of these poems may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author.
A Soldiers Dream
(written by Billy Little) 3rd May 2008
Every soldier has a dream
Whilst going off to war
He dreams of coming home
And what he`s fighting for
The promise he made to his mother
Whispered in a farewell embrace
Or the tears he wipes away
From his little sisters face
He shakes the hand of his father
Then hugs him ever so tight
He's holding back the tears
With all of his might
His wife kisses him so tenderly
While his son is at his knee
He scoops him up into his arms
The tears flow for all to see
His little boy wipes his tears
And say`s “Daddy don't cry”
I will look after mum for you
If you were to die
He puts his son down
And turns to walk away
Dreaming, that he will
Make it home one day
© The right of Billy Little to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.….
All rights reserved. No part of these poems may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author.
