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"Fruit Tree", the song accompanying these pages is apt throughout, and as markedly pertinent as it is poignant, at certain points. It was written and performed by the singular talent of Mr.
~ NICK DRAKE ~
(19 June 1948 - 25 November 1974)
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Out in the Open

Transcription :

Out in the Open

Over the trenches and out in the open !
Chasing 'em, rushing 'em - Oh for the day
When the fair lands of France are re-won with
the lance
Out in the, (open) I say !

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Over the trenches and out in the open !
Crouching like sprinters to leap and away ;
The straining of belt-joints ; the clashing of
steel-points,
Out in the open I say !

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Pte, R. C Rasberry.
8th Norfolk Reg
Wounded near Thiepval 21st Oct 1916
Ward D.1.
1st S.G. Hospital
15.4.1917

(15th April 1917)

ROBERT RASBERRY
(8th Norfolks)
"I am a young lad from Norfolk..."
14th December 1916