“It was Christmas in the trenches where the frost so bitter hung
The frozen fields of France were still, no Christmas song was sung
Our families back in England were toasting us that day
Their brave and glorious lads so far away
I was lyin’ with my mess-mates on the cold and rocky ground
When across the lines of battle came a most peculiar sound
Says I “Now listen up me boys”, each soldier strained to hear
As one young German voice sang out so clear
“He’s singin’ bloody well you know”, my partner says to me
Soon one by one each German voice joined it in harmony
The cannons rested silent.
The gas cloud rolled no more
As Christmas brought us respite from the war”
~This is from the beginning of John McCutcheon’s Christmas in the Trenches.
This song describes an event from World War I commonly referred to as The Christmas Truce.
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