The lost Drummer boy
Forward went the Drummer boy
Under banner high
Beating tunes of glory
Neath deaths foreboding sky
Bravely marched the Drummer boy
Amongst the cries of pain
The sight and smell of blood this day
His soul would ever stain
Beneath the noise and wailing cries
Did he numbly pray
As he beat his drum in the breath of war
Would this be his final day
Through the midst of battle's rage
He bravely marched along
Beating tunes of muster
As the soldiers sung their song
He'd beat his drum defiantly
So clearly and so loud
Rolling long continuous beats
Through the wars dank darkening cloud
On and on with the beat of the drum
To victory so near
Courageously he led the men through
Fields of death and fear
As mighty cannons fiercly roared
War's fog fell all around
Till the rolling beat of his echoing drum
Was a distant fading sound
As the cloud of battle's smog gave way
To the light of victory's day
It seemed like the beat of his distant drum
He too did fade away
Somewhere back in history
On a battle fields lonely plains
Lies a young courageous Drummer boy
There his memory remains.
TjHatton 07/11/13.
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Submitted on November 05, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,070 |
Words | 202 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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