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He was getting old and
paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion,
Telling stories of the past.
Of a war that he once
fought in
And the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies;
They were heroes, every one.
And 'tho sometimes to
his neighbors
His tales became a joke,
All his buddies listened quietly
For they knew where of he spoke.
But we'll hear his
tales no longer,
For ol' Bob has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer
For a Soldier died today.
He won't be mourned by
many,
Just his children and his wife.
For he lived an ordinary,
Very quiet sort of life.
He held a job and
raised a family,
Going quietly on his way;
And the world won't note his passing,
'Tho a Soldier died today.
When politicians leave
this earth,
Their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing,
And proclaim that they were great.
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Papers tell of their
life stories
From the time that they were young
But the passing of a Soldier
Goes unnoticed, and unsung.
Is the greatest
contribution
To the welfare of our land,
Some jerk who breaks his promise
And cons his fellow man?
Or the ordinary fellow
Who in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his country
And offers up his life?
The politician's
stipend
And the style in which he lives,
Are often disproportionate,
To the service that he gives.
While
the ordinary Soldier,
Who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal
And perhaps a pension, small.
It's so easy to forget
them,
For it is so many times
That our Bobs and Jims and Johnnys,
Went to battle, but we know,
It
is not the politicians
With their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom
That our country now enjoys.
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Should you find
yourself in danger,
With your enemies at hand,
Would you really want some cop-out,
With his ever waffling stand?
Or would you want a
Soldier--
His home, his country, his kin,
Just a common Soldier,
Who would fight until the end.
He was just a common
Soldier,
And his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us
We may need his like again.
For when countries are
in conflict,
We find the Soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles
That the politicians start.
If we cannot do him
honor
While he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage
At the ending of his days.
Perhaps
just a simply headline
In the paper that might say:
"OUR
COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING,
A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."
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