Hell Comes To The Western Front

The machine gun in the First World War turned no-man's land into a slaughterhouse killing thousands. At the battle of the Somme 10,000 British soldiers fell to the deadly hail from machine-guns within minutes of leaving the trenches. British troops were called Tommies. Chitter chatter, chitter chatter Melody of German machine-guns Spaying death into no-man's land Cutting down advancing Tommies Like harvester slicing through wheat. Chitter chatter, chitter chatter Nowhere to run and hide Tommies, calling for mothers Some dying alone in the mud Others tangled upon wire. Chitter chatter, chitter chatter Germans want to stop dance of death But Tommies keep coming. With new belts of bullets Hell continues on the Western Front.