Remembrance Sunday 2010

Spitfire, Spitfre

Spitfire, Spitfire, flying on high,

Knight of the realm in the blue Sussex sky,

Camouflaged eagle, our national guard,

Angel of freedom, bound never to die.

Hear the siren, the clang of the bell,

"Quick to your aircraft", the captain will yell,

Jump in the cockpit to meet fast the foe,

Guns fully loaded, ascending to hell.

I was a pilot, a postman by trade,

I had to fight, for your future I paid,

My wife and my children, last though in my mind,

Long in the memory, never to fade.

Flag of our union, all we hold dear,

Defend us from hatred, from evil, from fear,

Remember this day, lest we ever forget,

Poppies on crosses, shed many a tear.

NJT