El Alamein

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• Christina "Gail " McRae

  January 13, 2019 at 2:41 am

  When my Grandfathers brother, Alex McRae passed away, I received some of his music books. Alex was a piper and served in WW1 at Passchendael, I am also a piper. Inside one of his books I found a handwritten poem on a piece of paper and it titled The Alamein Pipes on the Road to Berlin. I have no idea who wrote this, but I thought it should be shared.
  The Alamein Pipes on the Road to Berlin
  They skirled through the thunder at El Alamein
  They led the Eighth Army again and again
  The 51st leading Montgomery in
  Wi the Alamein pipes on the road to Berlin

  The Seaforth, Glengarians, Cameron’s as well
  The Black Watch who are known as the “Ladies from Hell”
  The 51st leading Montgomery in
  Wi the Alamein pipes on the road to Berlin

  They came from the crofts
  They came from the glens
  They came from the pits
  They were all fighting men
  To Africa’s desert and Sicily’s shore
  From Normandy’s beaches through Europe they tore

  Now welcome the fighters home to the glen
  And welcome the peace they bring wi them
  The far away lilt stealin’ over the lynn
  It’s the Alamein pipes on the road to Berlin