The most honest, perceptive account of WW1 I have ever read. Sir. The great and noble humans who happened by chance to be born powerless were sent to fight an unjust, barbarian war, fomented by industrial powers that supported Royal allegiances, determined to serve nothing but the venal interests of their own Empires. It was a disgusting waste & betrayal of the working classes. The Versailles Treaty, designed to humiliate & disempower Germany as much as possible, did nothing more than sow the seeds for WWII. It has been described sagaciously as merely a constructed hiatus. "One should never suffer over someone else’s greed. Never happy with what they have, wanting more than they will ever need.” “The day that whistle blew” is a fantastic poem that hides nothing behind the blandishments of “patriotism” and “duty”. Instead it captures the sorrow of all those unsung heroes, trying to keep one another alive, needlessly slaughtered on both sides to uphold one of the most dangerous, apocryphal allegiances of the early 20th century - the Triple Alliance & The Triple Entente. Well done, Sir. I have been waiting for someone to say it like it is for a long time. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@@charlierobertson7784 Well, (I think) I am in full accord with your honest interpretation, Mr. Robertson. No better way to pay tribute to those brave men (and women) who paid the ultimate price for circumstances entirely out of their control. Thank you for sharing your remarkable poem with us. My best wishes to you.
The cry of the pipes does it for me everytime!!
The day that whistle blew.. The Somme .. 100 years on... July 1st 2016.
Thousands upon thousands went over the ridge and they weren’t coming back.
Sent to certain slaughter, from bullets, gas and flying flack.
Tens of thousands of ours and tens of thousands of theirs.
Doesn’t matter whose side they were on, as the warmonger never cares.
Just what was going through their minds as that whistle it did blow.
I just shudder at the thought of it and I never want to know.
Were they thinking of their loved ones as that sound rang in their ears.
The last time that they saw them, with their eyes filled up with tears.
No one will ever know just what was going through their head.
Because those thousands of brave soldiers, within days they all lay dead.
Sent to fight a futile battle for those in high up places.
Politicians, tyrants, warlords, full of all their airs and graces.
Human life is inconsequential when there’s a need for cannon fodder.
As they stick out their chest, think they are the best and their shoulders are the broader.
The sacrifice of human lives should never be praised or forgiven.
Although they want to celebrate, while those poor souls are up in heaven.
Looking down upon us, thinking not one lesson has been learned.
As it still goes on, using us like a pawn, hang your head in shame those concerned.
They say money makes the world go round, it is worshipped by so many.
But the ones that they sent to fight for it, hardly ever had a penny.
Yes our lives they still mean nothing, to those wealthy corporations.
They have complete control over us, along with those so called leaders of nations.
They invade, they raid, with their lives they’ve played, while they’re safe in their ivory towers
Conquer and rule, play us like the fool, while they relish their money and powers.
So please remember those poor souls who paid the ultimate cost.
Whose lives were insignificant, whether the battle was won or lost.
And pray that you never experience that whistle blowing in a trench.
Fighting over money and oil, face down in the soil, surrounded by deaths putrid stench.
Rest In Peace our unsung heroes from a hundred years gone past.
The terrible end that you met, I do hope that it was fast.
One should never suffer over someone else’s greed.
Never happy with what they have, wanting more than they will ever need.
©harlie McAulay Robertson…..
Bravo. 👏
The most honest, perceptive account of WW1 I have ever read. Sir. The great and noble humans who happened by chance to be born powerless were sent to fight an unjust, barbarian war, fomented by industrial powers that supported Royal allegiances, determined to serve nothing but the venal interests of their own Empires. It was a disgusting waste & betrayal of the working classes. The Versailles Treaty, designed to humiliate & disempower Germany as much as possible, did nothing more than sow the seeds for WWII. It has been described sagaciously as merely a constructed hiatus.
"One should never suffer over someone else’s greed.
Never happy with what they have, wanting more than they will ever need.”
“The day that whistle blew” is a fantastic poem that hides nothing behind the blandishments of “patriotism” and “duty”. Instead it captures the sorrow of all those unsung heroes, trying to keep one another alive, needlessly slaughtered on both sides to uphold one of the most dangerous, apocryphal allegiances of the early 20th century - the Triple Alliance & The Triple Entente.
Well done, Sir. I have been waiting for someone to say it like it is for a long time. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@@johnsrome8459 One has to say it as it is as the truth is mostly hidden these days.. Thank you for your interpretation, much appreciated..
@@HighTreason007 Thank you.
@@charlierobertson7784 Well, (I think) I am in full accord with your honest interpretation, Mr. Robertson. No better way to pay tribute to those brave men (and women) who paid the ultimate price for circumstances entirely out of their control. Thank you for sharing your remarkable poem with us. My best wishes to you.
Amazing!
mostly accapella Bravo….I love it
Thank you Monic.
They can't sing... Hell even with a 55 gallon drum they couldn't carry the tune
They never learn
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They can't carry a tune to save their life.