Lyrics
His truce flag like a christmas star shone on the plane so bright, my partner says to me, soon daylight stole upon us and france was france once more
Two years ago the war was waiting for me after school, oh my name is francis tolliver
these sons and father far away from families of their own
Each christmas comes since world war i have learned its lesson well, we traded chocolates
The cannons rested silent and the gas cloud rolled no more, as soon as they were finished and a reverent pause was spent, his truce flag like a christmas star shone on the plane so bright
The frozen fields of france where still no christmas songs were sung, for the one who calls the shots won t be among the dead and lame, when across the lines of battle came a most peculiar sound
Germany to here, the frozen fields of france where still no christmas songs were sung
We traded chocolates, the frozen fields of france were warmed the, as he bravely trudged unarmed into the night
I was lying with my mess mates on the cold and rocky ground, i fought for king and country i love dear
His truce flag like a christmas star shone on the plane so bright, each christmas comes since world war i have learned its lesson well
Whose family have i fixed within my sights, all sights were fixed on one lone figure trudging from their side
there brave and glorious lads so far away
This curious and unlikely band of men, i was lying with my mess mates on the cold and rocky ground
but the question haunted every heart that lived that wonderous night
We traded chocolates, the next thing sang was stille nach tis silent night says i, the songs of peace were sung
I was lying with my mess mates on the cold and rocky ground, all sights were fixed on one lone figure trudging from their side, twas christmas in the trenches and the frost so bitter hung
His truce flag like a christmas star shone on the plane so bright, for the walls they d kept between us to exact the work of war
As soon as they were finished and a reverent pause was spent, this curious and unlikely band of men
the frozen fields of france were warmed
Walked in to no mans land, and in two tongues one song filled up that sky
Our families back in england were toasting us that day, from belgium and to flanders, whose family have i fixed within my sights
my partner says to me
When across the lines of battle came a most peculiar sound, soon daylight stole upon us and france was france once more
walked in to no mans land
as soon as they were finished and a reverent pause was spent
Twas christmas in the trenches and the frost so bitter hung, all sights were fixed on one lone figure trudging from their side
from belgium and to flanders
The frozen fields of france were warmed, twas christmas in the trenches and the frost so bitter hung, oh my name is francis tolliver
We traded chocolates, these sons and father far away from families of their own Trenches, the cannons rested silent and the gas cloud rolled no more
And in two tongues one song filled up that sky, i fought for king and country i love dear
Oh my name is francis tolliver, as one young german voice sang out so clear Trenches, with sad farewells we each began to settle back to war
The cannons rested silent and the gas cloud rolled no more, from liverpool i dwell McCutcheon, with neither gun nor bayonet
Germany to here, soon daylight stole upon us and france was france once more
these sons and father far away from families of their own
His truce flag like a christmas star shone on the plane so bright, his truce flag like a christmas star shone on the plane so bright McCutcheon, i was lying with my mess mates on the cold and rocky ground
These sons and father far away from families of their own, as he bravely trudged unarmed into the night Trenches, as soon as they were finished and a reverent pause was spent
Whose family have i fixed within my sights, and on each end of the rifle we re the same the, walked in to no mans land
I was lying with my mess mates on the cold and rocky ground, soon daylight stole upon us and france was france once more John, whose family have i fixed within my sights
twas christmas in the trenches and the frost so bitter hung
For the walls they d kept between us to exact the work of war, there brave and glorious lads so far away
With sad farewells we each began to settle back to war, i fought for king and country i love dear
There s someone coming towards us now the front line sentry said, twas christmas in the trenches and the frost so bitter hung
When across the lines of battle came a most peculiar sound, we met there hand to hand
His truce flag like a christmas star shone on the plane so bright, i was lying with my mess mates on the cold and rocky ground John, soon one by one each german voice joined in in harmony
From liverpool i dwell, had been crumbled and were gone forever more, had been crumbled and were gone forever more
And in a flare lit football game we gave them hell, each christmas comes since world war i have learned its lesson well
With sad farewells we each began to settle back to war, walked in to no mans land
we met there hand to hand
the frozen fields of france were warmed
