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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Mon Apr 10, 2017, 04:57 AM Apr 2017

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Song "Vimy" by Richard Desjardins [View all]

https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-musicale/2017/04/08/richard-desjardins-ecoutez-sa-nouvelle-chanson-emouvante-vimy/

(the song is embedded in a sound file at the link)

Released yesterday, on the 100th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge, a senseless day of carnage in one of the most pointless wars in human history:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge

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Song "Vimy" by Richard Desjardins [View all] Ken Burch Apr 2017 OP

Here is a translation of the lyrics, provided by a friend of mine from Montreal: Ken Burch Apr 2017 #1

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