Lads of the Fifty-third

[Sad Piano Intro] [Verse 1] From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain, From north and south the sign returns And beacons burn again. [Verse 2] Look left, look right, the hills are bright, The dales are light between, Because 'tis fifty years to-night That God has saved the Queen. [Chorus] "God Save the Queen" we living sing, From height to height 'tis heard; And with the rest your voices ring, Lads of the Fifty-third. [Verse 3] Now, when the flame they watch not towers About the soil they trod, Lads, we'll remember friends of ours Who shared the work with God. [Chorus] "God Save the Queen" we living sing, From height to height 'tis heard; And with the rest your voices ring, Lads of the Fifty-third. [Verse 4] To skies that knit their heartstrings right, To fields that bred them brave, The saviours come not home to-night: Themselves they could not save. [Chorus] "God Save the Queen" we living sing, From height to height 'tis heard; And with the rest your voices ring, Lads of the Fifty-third. [Verse 5] It dawns in Asia, tombstones show And Shropshire names are read; And the Nile spills his overflow Beside the Severn's dead. [Chorus] "God Save the Queen" we living sing, From height to height 'tis heard; And with the rest your voices ring, Lads of the Fifty-third. [Epic Piano Solo] [Verse 6] We pledge in peace by farm and town The Queen they served in war, And fire the beacons up and down The land they perished for. [Chorus] "God Save the Queen" we living sing, From height to height 'tis heard; And with the rest your voices ring, Lads of the Fifty-third. [Verse 7] Oh, God will save her, fear you not: Be you the men you've been, Get you the sons your fathers got, And God will Save the Queen. [Chorus] "God Save the Queen" we living sing, From height to height 'tis heard; And with the rest your voices ring, Lads of the Fifty-third. [Sad Piano Fade Out] [End] [Sad Piano Fade Out] [End]