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Remember Poppy Day
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Remembering The Many Who Have Fought Or
Died In The Wars & Those Affected By Their
Sacrifices |
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Please Observe Two Minutes Silence at 11am
on Armistice Day (11th November) or on
Remembrance Sunday
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The Remember Poppy
Day Song - Lyrics
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These song lyrics are subject to
copyright, but portions may be used
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websites or blogs under the conditions detailed
below the lyrics. |
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I remember when
I was young
a strange day in a
crowded town
everyone is rushing
(and) then a bell
people stood like
statues and silence fell |
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Buses halted,
although planes still flew
Factories
stopped and offices too
And then I
heard my Mother say
Remember, this is
poppy day |
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(Chorus) |
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We all live such hectic lives these
days
As we rush around and round
forgetting its poppy day,
and if we
should forget those so still in the
ground… |
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So take a
minute of your life to remember
a
minute's so much less than the years
of their lives, they gave for me and you
and remember (the) survivors and their
tears |
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(It's) eleven
o’clock and I rush to a meeting
forget to think of those who fought in
the wars
The cannon fires at the
armistice service
It's just a distant
roar which I ignore |
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There's a man
from a different generation,
not in a
rush like you and me
He fought and
his side won the war
But he's not
thinking of victory |
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He's thinking of
the loss, of many men
Faces he
remembers, but will never see again
so young, brave and scared, they died in
the wars
Comrades fighting for a
common cause |
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(Chorus) |
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We all live
such hectic lives these days
As we
rush around and round
forgetting its
poppy day,
and if we should forget
those so still in the ground… |
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So take a
minute of your life to remember
a
minute's so much less than the years
of their lives, they gave for me and you
and remember (the) survivors and their
tears |
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He rarely talks
about the war
doesn't speak about the
horrors that he saw
the dead are
victims but so is he
there's no such
thing as victory |
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And remember
wars, they have two sides
remember
the enemy who died
The sad thing
about the great victory
He had to
kill people like him, you and me |
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So remember the
dead and the survivors
remember the
dead and the survivors and their tears |
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(Mood Change) |
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But then after
all the sadness
remember to be happy
It's what they would have wanted for us
when they died for you and me |
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Yes after all
the sad moments
be happy and full of
joy
live the happy life they would’ve
wanted
for the families of their
girls and boys |
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We all live
such hectic lives these days
As we
rush around and round
forgetting its
poppy day,
and if we should forget
those so still in the ground… |
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So take a minute
to remember poppy day |
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Music - Listen & Download |
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Home Page & Video |
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Remember Poppy Day Single |
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Listen or
Download |
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Other Olly Wedgwood Music & Videos |
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Article - About
The Project |
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How You Can Help |
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Poem - Full Length |
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Song Lyrics |
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Art Prints & Cards |
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Poppy Appeal Prize Draw |
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Free Screensavers |
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Press Resources - Coming Soon |
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Educational Resources |
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Official RBL Poppy Appeal Song for 2014:
'No
Man's Land (Green Fields Of France) -
Joss Stone |
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Official RBL Poppy Appeal Song for 2013: 'The Call' -
The Poppy Girls |
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Other Remembrance Day
Poems / Songs |
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Charities Supported By
Remember Poppy Day
Project |
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Events |
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Debate & Forum |
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Sam Wedgwood |
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Georgi Bartlett |
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Photos |
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Contact Us |
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| The First Two Minute Silence in
London (11 November 1919) was reported in the
Manchester Guardian on 12 November 1919:
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| After writing the poem, I found this account
on Wikipedia of the
first two minute silence and it brings to
life the first passage of the poem, although in
an era pre-modern technology; |
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eleven produced a magical effect. The tram cars
glided into stillness, motors ceased to cough
and fume, and stopped dead, and the
mighty-limbed dray horses hunched back upon
their loads and stopped also, seeming to do it
of their own volition. |
| Someone took off his
hat, and with a nervous hesitancy the rest of
the men bowed their heads also. Here and there
an old soldier could be detected slipping
unconsciously into the posture of 'attention'.
An elderly woman, not far away, wiped her eyes,
and the man beside her looked white and stern.
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still ... The hush deepened. It had spread over
the whole city and become so pronounced as to
impress one with a sense of audibility. It was a
silence which was almost pain ... And the spirit
of memory brooded over it all". |
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Optional Additional Charity Donation |
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| If you would like to make an
additional contribution, we have set up a
fundraising page for the Royal British Legion's
Poppy Appeal. To donate, click on the image
above. |
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Remember Poppy Day by Chris Grace
© Copyright Olly Wedgwood Music Ltd
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The song lyrics are subject to
copyright, but portions may ne used on websites
or blogs under the following conditions; |
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That no more than 5 verses plus the chorus are
published and the word count does not exceed
180. |
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The words of the poem or lyrics are not amended
in any way. |
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That directly at the end of the poem / lyrics
the following credits and link are published; |
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Extract from ‘Remember Poppy Day’ by Chris Grace
& Olly Wedgwood.
For the song, video, art
and full poem visit the website
www.remember-poppy-day.com
© Copyright
Olly Wedgwood Music Ltd |
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You must notify us immediately after you have
published your website or blog page by sending
an email to
request@remember-poppy-day.com
providing
the link to the page on your website which is
displaying our copyrighted content, the name of
the website or blog, the country in which you
are based and your name and phone number |
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We reserve the right to require removal from
your website or blog. This is entirely at our
discretion and we are not obliged to give our
reasons |
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The
Single Is Available Here |
See The Video |
Article | Poem |
The Poppy Art |
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Photos courtesy of
Rachael Talibart |
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The Remember Poppy Day
Team
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Left to right: |
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Olly Wedgwood
writer - music,
piano, vocals |
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Georgi Bartlett
saxophone |
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Chris Grace
writer - poem &
lyrics, website |
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Teresa Scannella
artist - poppy
fields painting |
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Sam Wedgwood
backing vocals &
various instruments |
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Rachael Talibart
photographer
(this side of the lens!) |
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Remember Poppy Day
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Contact Us
email: info@remember-poppy-day.com
Tel from the UK:
01483 771 345 |
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Tel from outside the UK: +44
1483 771 345 |
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www.remember-poppy-day.com |
Please Observe Two Minutes Silence at 11am
on Armistice Day (11th November) or on
Remembrance Sunday
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£400 raised for
Alzheimer's
Society |
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| Live Radio Appearances |
| Please note: since these BBC Radio
appearances, the proportion to the charities has been raised to 100% of
profits to Poppy Apeal for all Music and 50% on Art & Cards to
Alzheimer's Society |
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| 104FM | 104.6 FM |
Hear a
recording
of Chris live on
BBC Radio Surrey
&
BBC Radio Sussex |
Chris was live from the Guildford studios as a
main
feature
discussing the Remember Poppy Day Project |
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Also the
Sarah Gorrell Show |
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| 95.3FM | 104.5FM | 104.8FM | DAB |
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| International TV |
| Olly was filmed by Inter, the leading Ukranian
TV Channel for broadcast on their peak news programmes on November 11th
(up to 40 million viewers) |
See
Ukranian TV
News Coverage |
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Hear a recording
of Olly live on
BBC
3 Counties Radio |
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95.5FM | 103.8 FM | 1045FM |
Olly was live from the Luton studios as a main
feature
and also had another
Radio interview with
BBC Radio
Milton Keynes |
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| Some of your comments |
| "Really lovely and moving , well done!" |
| Alison Davey |
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| “I looked at the website and after
listening to the song and seeing the photos I was filled with
such emotion that I am still crying now as I write this email. |
| You have done an incredible job
putting this together and I really do feel privileged to be part
of it. I wish everyone huge success.” |
Teresa Scannella
Woking Surrey |
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| "Love the song and lyrics " |
Linda Stone
Hinchley Wood, Surrey |
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