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Remember Scarborough!

from Still In The War, Boys! by The Crows Of Albion

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The German navy surprise attacked the east coast of Yorkshire on 16th December 1914 - causing the loss of over 100 lives. A poster campaign was instigated to encourage enlistment by demonising 'the Hun' and pleading with young men to 'Remember Scarborough!' and fight for the defence of their country
POETRY FORM: Spenserian Stanza

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Remember Scarborough!

The day our town was visited by war,
we hardly had the time to ring the bells.
The bairns were playing on our golden shore
and savouring the fish and seaweed smells,
building castles of sand, collecting shells,
though these were not of molluscs but of steel -
and all at once a thousand blazing hells
fell from the sky with each chiming peel.
Remember Scarborough –our wounds will never heal

There were over a hundred Yorkshire dead
A battery that flattened promenade
destroyed cliffs as far as Flamborough Head
brought death to each and every back yard
there would be no pretty picture postcard.
It took all of these honest folk to die
Before England finally raised its guard
The posters henceforth raised the battle cry
“Remember Scarborough” the Hun are nigh!

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from Still In The War, Boys!, released October 3, 2014

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