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    A BELLEAU WOOD CHRISTMAS
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    (Although a fiction, it is based upon true events that occurred between the British and German lines during their first Christmas in the trenches of 1914. Certain units even played each other in soccer. It was never to be repeated.)

    Oh, the snowflakes fell in silence
    Over Belleau Wood that night
    For a Christmas truce had been declared
    By both sides of the fight
    As we lay there in our trenches
    The silence broke in two
    By a German soldier singing
    A song that we all knew

    Though I did not know the language
    The song was "Silent Night"
    Then I heard my buddy whisper,
    "All is calm and all is bright"
    Then the fear and doubt surrounded me
    "Cause I'd die if I was wrong
    But I stood up in my trench And
    I began to sing along

    Then across the frozen battlefield
    Another's voice joined in
    Until one by one each man became
    A singer of the hymn

    Then I thought that I was dreaming
    For right there in my sight
    Stood the German soldier
    'Neath the falling flakes of white
    And he raised his hand and smiled at me
    As if he seemed to say
    Here's hoping we both live
    To see us find a better way

    Then the devil's clock struck midnight
    And the skies lit up again
    And the battlefield where heaven stood
    Was blown to hell again

    But for just one fleeting moment
    The answer seemed so clear
    Heaven's not beyond the clouds
    It's just beyond the fear
    No, heaven's not beyond the clouds
    It's for us to find it here
    Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

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