It was a blessèd time we were at the beach

Go out early in the morning no shoes no hats no ties

And quick as a toad’s tongue can reach

Love wounded the hearts of the mad and the wise

Did you know Guy when he galloped along

When he was a military man

Did you know Guy when he galloped along

When he was an artiman

In the war

It was a blessèd time At mail call

We are squeezed in tighter than on a bus

And the stars passing by were mimicked by the shells

In the night when the cannons came rolling up

Did you know Guy when he galloped along

When he was a military man

Did you know Guy when he galloped along

When he was an artiman

In the war

It was a blessèd time Days and nights blending

The stew-pot shells gave our trench dugout

Aluminum shrapnel that you set about

Smoothing all day into an unlikely ring

Did you know Guy when he galloped along

When he was a military man

Did you know Guy when he galloped along

When he was an artiman

In the war

It was a blessèd time The war goes on

The Gunners have filed for part of a year

Safe in the woods the Driver can hear

An unknown star repeating a song

Did you know Guy when he galloped along

When he was a military man

Did you know Guy when he galloped along

When he was an artiman

In the war