| Jack was born towards the end of the 19th century | |
| He married his sweetheart at the age of 23 | |
| Shortly before the birth of their first child he answered the call of duty | |
| He carried English bayonets, in an English way | |
| He smoked German cigarettes on Christmas Day | |
| He never made it past 25, he died at Passchendaele | |
| Fighting for the cause in the war to end all wars | |
| His son fell from a Spitfire in 1944 | |
| Well Daddy what did you do in the Great War? | |
| And what did we learn the second time round? | |
| Never again | |
| Never again | |
| He carried English bayonets, in an English way | |
| He smoked German cigarettes on Christmas Day | |
| He never made it past 25, he died at Passchendaele | |
| Fighting for the cause in the war to end all wars | |
| (Just keep on fighting, still we keep on fighting) | |
| (Just keep on fighting, still we keep on fighting) | |
| (Just keep on fighting, still we keep on fighting) | |
| He carried English bayonets, in an English way | |
| He smoked German cigarettes on Christmas Day | |
| He never made it past 25, he died at Passchendaele | |
| Fighting for the cause in the war to end all wars |