St John's C of E Primary School
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Radiohead - Harry Patch 9.11.20
12th November 2020
Music of war and remembrance
"Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. The song is a tribute to
Henry John Patch (17 June 1898 – 25 July 2009) who was an English supercentenarian (which means he lived to more than 110). He was at one point the oldest man in Europe and was also the last surviving combat soldier of the First World War from any country
I am the only one that got through
The others died wherever they fell
It was an ambush
They came up from all sides
The last post: This is played at services throughout the country on Remembrance Sunday. It is a respectful military call, played on the bugle. In it, the march-like rhythms gradually die away until the music comes to rest on a long held note