World War 1, the battlefield burns,
yet songs of joy were sung.
We will remember that one Christmas day,
and how it all begun.

Maybe a little ray of Christmas hope was shining,
or soldiers felt the true Christmas joy.
Maybe they thought about their countries,
and thought about each and every girl and boy.

They knew they needed a break,
to all sing a Christmas song.
They needed to rejoice again,
because they hadn’t felt safe for so long.

So they all sang together,
through sadness and through pain.
They still sang together,
knowing they weren’t going to see each other again.

So here, very long after,
it’s a place we remember their name.
The battlefield looks very different,
and is not at all the same.

And now we sing,
to remember what happened that December day.
When they laughed and rejoiced,
even when the skies were grey.