Key: F major•
Verse 1
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On July 31st, 1943,
the Solomon Islands
was being fought in the tangled jungle
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of the island of New Georgia.
This is the story of one of
the young men
who fought and died there.
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to those heroic infantrymen
have sacrificed their lives
that their nation might
remain forever free.
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in the gloom
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Volunteered, volunteered
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to meet his doom
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Volunteer, Roger Young
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Fought and died for the men
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he marched among
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And the everlasting
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Was the courage of
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Private Roger Young
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On the island of New Georgia,
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alone to tell,
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the Solomons,
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Sleeps a man,
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sleeps a man remembered well.
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Sleeps a man, Roger Young
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Fought and died for the
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men he marched among
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In the everlasting glory of the infantry
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Lives the story of
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Private Roger Young
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You
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Bb Gm Dm Eb...
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