part 1
Fair freedom's call was truly heard
No consequence not undeterred
No wasted cause of youth would she endure
Her promise we had ever known
To rip the tyrants from their throne
And blessed were they with chance to make it sure
refrain
The poppy boys came
With joy at the choice, and thrill for the game
arm in arm and sure of aim
The enchanted poppy boys
part 2
But freedom had another face
she'd not be won with faith or grace
The truth would test the tears they could not bear
In scattered lines of liberty
Lay rank and file and destiny
The ruthless, righteous, order was their snare
refrain
The poppy boys fell
In a land that was green they turned into hell
For the sake of a dream their children could tell
The enchanted poppy boys
interlude
Now the histories all writ
and no-one's left 'was witness
tales and photographs remain, but all the boys have gone
Their harrowed hearts are still
But cannot be unbroken
Though the children of the children of their children sing their songs
part 3
Regard us now,
are we yet free
The lucky born at least may claim to be
What prize is this what glory won
What victory has history done
What chance did disenchantment disagree
refrain
The poppy boys paid
For the world to be free and all of us saved
But the count of the charge may never be made
For enchanted poppy boys
For enchanted poppy boys
enchanted poppy boys