The Soldier

Album: Writer Of Songs (1972)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is about a British soldier in Ulster who threw himself on a grenade thrown by a terrorist in order to save the lives of some nearby civilians both Catholic and Protestant. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    mike - all over, England

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