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<blockquote data-quote="sl1000794" data-source="post: 344621" data-attributes="member: 6974"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">In the Northern part of Europe,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Where the Channel meets the shore;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">There sits a lonely stretch of sand,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Once touched by the hand of War.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">You can watch the tourists staring</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">As they try to understand</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The bravery the men must have</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">To wade up on that strand.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Twenty-thousand men set off</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">From the coasts of Jolly Ole';</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Four thousand men would perish</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">And give to God their soul.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">On Omaha and Utah,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Gold, Juno and on Sword,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Those brave Allied soldiers</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Made their peace unto the Lord.</span></span></p><hr /><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The men they hailed from Southern towns</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Or cities in the North;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">From London, Maine and Saskatoon</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Ike called them to set forth.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The job was planned for many years;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Nothing left to chance.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The Allied troops were coming</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">To push the Germans out of France.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The chilled winds blew from the Heavens;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Icy rain fell from the sky;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">But the soldiers still came onward</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">They would not be denied.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">On Omaha and Utah,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Gold, Juno and on Sword,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The brave Allied soldiers</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Made their peace unto the Lord.</span></span></p><hr /><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The Germans held the high ground,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Their guns a harrowing sight;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The beach was fraught with peril</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">As the Allies did alight.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Men and comrades fell</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">When the Germans found their aim;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Some died there in the water</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The rest pushed back their pain.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">They shivered in the cold</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">But would not give into fear;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The Allied troops kept going</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">And gave their lives so dear.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">On Omaha and Utah,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Gold, Juno and on Sword,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The brave Allied soldiers</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Made their peace unto the Lord.</span></span></p><hr /><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">In the Northern part of Europe,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Where the Channel meets the sea;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Stands a solitary figure</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">On the coast of Normandy.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">He sees the crosses in a row</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Where the heroes now do lay;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">They fell seven decades the past</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">On what history calls D-Day.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">He takes his hat off slowly</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">To those who died and those who live;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">To the brave souls, good and true,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Who gave all they had to give.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">On Omaha and Utah,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Gold, Juno and on Sword,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The brave Allied soldiers</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Made their peace unto the Lord.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Poem by Jay Cantrell.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sl1000794, post: 344621, member: 6974"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]In the Northern part of Europe, Where the Channel meets the shore; There sits a lonely stretch of sand, Once touched by the hand of War.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]You can watch the tourists staring As they try to understand The bravery the men must have To wade up on that strand.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]Twenty-thousand men set off From the coasts of Jolly Ole'; Four thousand men would perish And give to God their soul.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]On Omaha and Utah, Gold, Juno and on Sword, Those brave Allied soldiers Made their peace unto the Lord.[/FONT][/COLOR] [HR][/HR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]The men they hailed from Southern towns Or cities in the North; From London, Maine and Saskatoon Ike called them to set forth.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]The job was planned for many years; Nothing left to chance. The Allied troops were coming To push the Germans out of France.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]The chilled winds blew from the Heavens; Icy rain fell from the sky; But the soldiers still came onward They would not be denied.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]On Omaha and Utah, Gold, Juno and on Sword, The brave Allied soldiers Made their peace unto the Lord.[/FONT][/COLOR] [HR][/HR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]The Germans held the high ground, Their guns a harrowing sight; The beach was fraught with peril As the Allies did alight.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]Men and comrades fell When the Germans found their aim; Some died there in the water The rest pushed back their pain.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]They shivered in the cold But would not give into fear; The Allied troops kept going And gave their lives so dear.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]On Omaha and Utah, Gold, Juno and on Sword, The brave Allied soldiers Made their peace unto the Lord.[/FONT][/COLOR] [HR][/HR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]In the Northern part of Europe, Where the Channel meets the sea; Stands a solitary figure On the coast of Normandy.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]He sees the crosses in a row Where the heroes now do lay; They fell seven decades the past On what history calls D-Day.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]He takes his hat off slowly To those who died and those who live; To the brave souls, good and true, Who gave all they had to give.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]On Omaha and Utah, Gold, Juno and on Sword, The brave Allied soldiers Made their peace unto the Lord. Poem by Jay Cantrell. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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