Raw Recruit versuri

Versuri Robert W. Service – Raw Recruit lyrics

They said to me: „Thou shalt not kill,”
And well I understood.
„Thy brother’s blood thou shalt not spill,”
They spake, and it was good.
And then I could not understand,
Yet had to do their will;
Cold steel they put into my hand,
Saying: „Go forth and kill.

„Go forth with rage of race and slay;
Pile up the corpses for
What’s murder called in Peace – alway
Is hollowed in war.
The Church has blest your bloody blade,
The which in peace is cursed;
So go forth, son, all unafraid,
And do your bloody worst.”

What’s wrong in Peace in War is right,
So I will do their will,
And bear me bravely in the fight,
And kill and kill and kill…..
Yet as I brave the battle test
With dripping sword in hand,
Proving me equal with the best….
Christ, help me understand!