I had the urge to write new words to this classic song.
The drummer boy.
Please tell me what it’s for
Pa rum pum pum pum.
You wage your bloody war
Pa rum pum pum pum.
You told me it would stop
Pa rum pum pum pum.
Save children they’d forgot
Pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum.
Peace on earth good will to men.
You promise now you promised then.
There’s no denying
There’s children dying.
More countries joining in
Pa rum pum pum pum.
A new world will begin
Pa rum pum pum pum.
Our voices will be heard
Pa rum pum pum pum.
We always keep our word
Pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum.
Peace on earth good will to men.
You promise now you promised then.
There’s no denying
We think you’re lying.
Millions die each year
Pa rum pum pum pum.
Our conscience can’t be clear
Pa rum pum pum pum.
Now looked at in disgust
Pa rum pum pum pum.
In God and us they trust
Pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum.
Peace on earth good will to men.
You promise now you promised then.
There’s no denying
We hear them crying.
So now this Christmas night
Pa rum pum pum pum.
Do what you know is right
Pa rum pum pum pum.
Clear debt so they might eat
Pa rum pum pum pum.
Stand on their own two feet
Pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum.
Peace on earth good will to men.
You promise now you promised then.
The world keeps turning
Yet we’re not learning.
© D W Smith. 2007-10-28.
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My family are like stars in the night sky of my life.
Always there at the end of the day.
The light of their love forever constant as the Northern star.
Safely guiding me home.
Dreams are the realities of tomorrow.
Everyone is in tune with the spirits of their ancestors. Unfortunately some are tone deaf.
Copyright. Daz.2008.