On D-Day at Sword Beach
the haunting sound of bagpipes rang out
as the dying painted the sand red,
a terrible and surreal scene.
The Germans refused to shoot the piper,
they must have thought his reason had gone
and so brave Piper Bill marched on and on.
What terrors the troops would have felt
during that unforgettable time
but Piper Bill Millin survived the war
retiring to sedate Dawlish town
part of him forever by another shore
and perhaps the sound of bagpipes and his ghost
still haunts the historic Normandy coast.
the haunting sound of bagpipes rang out
as the dying painted the sand red,
a terrible and surreal scene.
The Germans refused to shoot the piper,
they must have thought his reason had gone
and so brave Piper Bill marched on and on.
What terrors the troops would have felt
during that unforgettable time
but Piper Bill Millin survived the war
retiring to sedate Dawlish town
part of him forever by another shore
and perhaps the sound of bagpipes and his ghost
still haunts the historic Normandy coast.
