Echoes of the Heroes

(Rythme 3/4) |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ | |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ | |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ |_ Now the echo of the heroes is heard everywhere     In the conflict of old in the times of despair     All down through the ages the voices do ring     They cry out of victory and of freedom they sing          The echo of the laughter and the songs that they sang     The whine of the steel and the roar of the guns     And the tolling of the bell and the cries of the lame                      And the echoes of heroes roll down through the ages to remind us again |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ | |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ |_ In the fields of Flanders the brave ones do lie     At Verdun and Ypres where a million men died          From the Marne to the Somme to the Normandy shore     Their spirits go marching where the wild eagles soar          On the land, in the skies, in the oceans they come     All onward they march as the drummers do drum          Their faces are bloody and their weapons are worn     Their bones are all shattered and their bodies all torn          The echo of the laughter and the songs that they sang     The whine of the steel and the roar of the guns     And the tolling of the bell and the cries of the lame                And the echoes of heroes roll down through the ages to remind us again |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ | |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ |_ Must this be the time we are travelling yet     Must this be the time when the nations forget     All the sons and the fathers who joined in the fray     To be killed and destroyed and be buried in the clay          The echo of the laughter and the songs that they sang     The whine of the steel and the roar of the guns     And the tolling of the bell and the cries of the lame     And the echoes of heroes roll down through the ages to remind us again         The echo of the laughter and the songs that they sang     The whine of the steel and the roar of the guns     And the tolling of the bell and the cries of the lame                And the echoes of heroes roll down through the ages to remind us again |_ _ |_ _ |_ _ |