Up and out of the trench he goes <br />The regiment's piper with only his bagpipes <br />Standing exposed he plays <br />Walking along the top of the trench. <br /> <br />Soldiers hear the swirl of the pipes <br />See their piper facing enemy fire alone <br />Rise up and swarm from the trench <br />Following the piper over no-man's land. <br /> <br />Over shell craters and through barbwire <br />With German machine guns raking the lines <br />And still hearing the swirl of pipes <br />Many fall in valour never to rise again.<br /><br />Colin Ian Jeffery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/piper-of-the-trenches/
