[Saurannûn the Wood Elf]

Today, during my high school's Ceremony, I played the Last Post and Réveillé, then sang One Tin Soldier for my peers. At first, I didn't think that the song had anything to do with Rememberance Day, but understand with me:

Listen children to a story, that was written long ago, about a kingdom on a mountain and the valley folk below:
On the mountain was a treasure, buried deep beneath a stone; and the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.

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Go on and hate your neighbor,
go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
you can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
come the judgement day.
On the bloody morning after
one tin soldier rides away

Then the people of the valley sent a message up the hill,
asking for the buried treasure
tons of gold for which they'd kill [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]
Came the message from the kingdom:
"With our brothers we will share
all the secrets of our mountain
all the riches buried there."

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Then the valley roared in anger
"Mount your horses! Draw your swords!"
And they killed the mountain people,
so they won their just rewards.
Now they stand beside the treasure
on that mountain dark and red.
They turned the stone and looked beneath it. . .
"Peace on Earth" was all it said

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Now do you know? It's touching, isn't it?