[Verse 1]
Jack Brewster charged the German line but no support came from behind
He took a bullet through the thigh and down he fell to bleed and die

[Verse 2]
Jack Brewster lay in a pond of mud his wounded leg awash with blood
Soon he sends the flames of hell, a shell hole gaped and in he fell

[Verse 3]
For three days on a sinking bed, Jack Brewster slept upon the dead
He dreamed of an iron cross so fine and at his foot bread and wine

[Verse 4]
Sergeant Wagnеr gave a sigh as the bones wеre piling high
Death had been and had his fill but one corpse lay breathing still

[Verse 5]
My dear sir I write with Joy, by God’s grace I found your boy
We had him bandaged [?] and fine and we ate bread and we drank wine

[Verse 6]
And though the bullets fell like rain Sir, we were happy in our [?]
I keep one wish ‘til wishes cease, and my wish Sir shall be peace

[Verse 7]
If my cross unites you all, you needn’t fight, you needn’t fall
Eat my bread and drink my wine and throw your rifles in the Rhine