Pink Floyd - When The Tigers Broke Free

^CIt was just before dawn ^Gone miserable ^Ammorning in ^Cblack forty-^Gfour.. ^CWhen the forward commander was ^Gtold to sit tight.. When ^Casked that his ^Gmen be with^Cdrawn.. And the ^Ggenerals gave ^Cthanks as the other ranks held ^Gbe the enemy ^Ctanks - for a while.. And ^Cthen the Anzio beachhead was ^Gheld for the price of a ^Amfew hundred or^Gdinary ^Clives..

^CAnd kind old King George ^Gsent mother a ^Amnote when he ^Cheard that ^Gfather was gone.. ^CIt was, as I recall, ^Gin the form of a scroll ^Cwith golden ^Fleaf and ^G, ^Call.. And ^GI found it ^Cone day in a drawer of old ^Gphotographs hidden ^Caway.. And my ^Ceyes still grow damp to ^Gremember his Majesty ^Csigned with his ^Gown rubber ^Cstamp..

^CIt was dark all around.. ^GThere was frost in the ground ^Cwhen the ^AmTigers broke ^Gfree.. ^CAnd noone survived ^Gfrom the Royal Fusi^Cliers Company ^G, ^CC..^G They were all left be^Chind.. Most of them ^Gdead.. The rest of them ^Cdying.. ^CAnd that's how the ^GHigh Command took my ^CDaddy ^Gfrom ^Cme....