Misc Your Songs - North country express - dieppe

‘Twas the ^Emeighteenth day of August, in ^Anineteen-forty-two When we ^Emsailed away from England, and ^Ano - one knew where to W^Ce’d re - ceived no ^Dorders, no ^Emfriends to see us leave The ^CSecond Canadian Di - ^Dvision, with the ^Emblue patch on our sleeve

‘Twas e^Emarly the next morning, when e^Averything was still We ^Emsaw those tracer bullets, come ^Aat us from the hill But the ^Cmission would con – ^Dtinue; we ^Emcould not comprehend What ^Cwas about to ^Dhappen, on the ^Embeaches at Dieppe

The enemy was ^Cwaiting ^D- they’d taken up their ^Empost Amid a hail of b^Cullets - we ^Dlanded on the ^Emcoast Many men were ^Cwounded ^D- and no one can for - ^Emget The ones who died so ^Cbravely, on the ^Dbeaches at Di - ^Emeppe

It was ^Emearly in the morning, when we ^Astarted in to fight The m^Emortar bombs came at us, from in ^Afront, and left and right They ^Cfired at us ^Dfrom the cliffs, they ^Embombed us from the air But the ^CSecond Canadian Di - ^Dvision, would ^Emnot so easily scare

Well we ^Emfought for eight long hours, from ^A6 a.m. ‘til two The l^Emosses were terrific - there was ^Anothing we could do The ^Cnavy tried to ^Dhelp us, but ^Emthey could not defend And ^Cso we sur - ^Drendered, on the ^Embeaches at Dieppe

Now we’ve been taken ^Cprisoner ^D- in the middle of no - ^Emwhere The war goes on with - ^Cout us - a ^Dbitter fate to ^Embear Though many of our c^Comrades fell ^D- we never will for - ^Emget They gave their lives there ^Cfighting, on the ^Dbeaches at Di - ^Emeppe

And when this war is ^Cover ^D- and once again we're ^Emfree To our homeland we'll be ^Csailing, to a ^Dland of liber - ^Emty Carrying our ^Cbattle scars ^D- and no one will for - ^Emget The morning that he ^Clanded, on the ^Dbeaches at Di - ^Emeppe