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The Shores Of Normandy by Jim Radford
The Shores Of Normandy
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
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In the cold grey light of the sixth of June, in the year of forty-four,
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The Empire Larch sailed out from Poole to join with thousands more.
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The largest fleet the world had seen, we sailed in close array,
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And we set our course for Normandy at the dawning of the day.
[Verse 2]
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There was not one man in all our crew but knew what lay in store,
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For we had waited for that day through five long years of war.
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We knew that many would not return, yet all our hearts were true,
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For we were bound for Normandy, where we had a job to do.
[Verse 3]
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Now the Empire Larch was a deep-sea tug with a crew of thirty-three,
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And I was just the galley-boy on my first trip to sea.
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I little thought when I left home of the dreadful sights I'd see,
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But I came to manhood on the day that I first saw Normandy.
[Verse 4]
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At the Beach of Gold off Arromanches, 'neath the rockets' deadly glare,
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We towed our blockships into place and we built a harbour there.
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'Mid shot and shell we built it well, as history does agree,
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While brave men died in the swirling tide on the shores of Normandy.
[Verse 5]
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Like the Rodney and the Nelson, there were ships of great renown,
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But rescue tugs all did their share as many a ship went down.
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We ran our pontoons to the shore within the Mulberry's lee,
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And we made safe berth for the tanks and guns that would set all Europe free.
[Verse 6]
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For every hero's name that's known, a thousand died as well.
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On stakes and wire their bodies hung, rocked in the ocean swell;
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And many a mother wept that day for the sons they loved so well,
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Men who cracked a joke and cadged a smoke as they stormed the gates of hell.
[Verse 7]
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As the years pass by, I can still recall the men I saw that day
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Who died upon that blood-soaked sand where now sweet children play;
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And those of you who were unborn, who've lived in liberty,
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Remember those who made it so on the shores of Normandy.
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