SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 33 Title : The Red Berets Author(s): George Hynd Copyright holder(s): George Hynd Text When they came drifting out of the sky No one had told them it was their time to die They came floating down gently one fine autumn day These gallant young men with the Red Beret For ten days they fought and no quarter they gave And most ended up in a strange foreign grave To the last man they held out they never would yield Now they all lie together in a cemetry field We come and we meet them once every year Those young men who died for a thing we hold dear They laid down thier young lives to help set Holland free To preserve for mankind a thing thats called Liberty At the service today there was a tear in my eye As I thought of those young men who came out of the sky And I choked back that tear when they started to pray Lest we ever forget those who wore the Beret. 21.9.86 Dreyerood Hotel This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience General public: Other: Self Audience size: 1 Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Year of composition: 1995 Word count: 164 Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 611 Forenames: George Surname: Hynd Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1940 Educational attainment: None Age left school: 15 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Retired Plasterer Place of birth: Dunfermline Region of birth: Fife Birthplace CSD dialect area: Fif Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Bilston, Roslin Region of residence: Midlothian Residence CSD dialect area: midLoth Father's occupation: Plasterer Father's place of birth: Kelty Father's region of birth: Fife Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Fif Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Housewife Mother's place of birth: Kelty Mother's region of birth: Fife Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Fif Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: