| Original | Versione di Wolfgang corretta a partire dai suggerimenti ricevuti... |
| FOR THE SAKE OF EXAMPLE | FOR THE SAKE OF EXAMPLE |
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| I was fourteen years old when I first started running | I was fourteen years old when I first started running |
| And for two years I lived on a seaman's poor wage | And for two years I lived on a seaman's poor wage |
| 'Til I met with a sergeant who said I'd do better | 'Til I met with a sergeant who said I'd do better |
| So I joined up by adding two years to my age. | So I joined up by adding two years to my age. |
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| In the winter I found I was scared stiff of dying | In the winter I found I was scared stiff of dying |
| Up to my knees in mud and in snow | Up to me knees in mud and in snow |
| And I knew then it wasn't just me who was lying | And I knew then it wasn't just me who was lying |
| And I wish that I'd heard someone say: Don't you go. | And I wish that I'd heard someone say: Don't you go. |
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| So I ran and I crawled I swam and I stumbled | So I ran and I crawled I swam and I stumbled |
| Away from the sound, the smells and the (sights) | Away from the sound, the smells and the sights |
| And I got past the barbed wire, the (red caps and bullies) | And I got past the barbed wire, the redcaps and bullies |
| (that be stationed behind us to help us to fight.) | that be stationed behind us to help us to fight. |
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| For six days and more I kept moving westward | For six days and more I kept moving westward |
| Walking by night and hiding by day | Walking by night and hiding by day |
| 'Til at last in the barn of a farmer I trusted | 'Til at last in the barn of a farmer I trusted |
| The price of a shilling I was given away. | For the price of a shilling I was given away. |
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| They took me away many miles from the frontline | They took me away many miles from the frontline |
| And the court-martial's justice was promised to me | And the court-martial's justice was promised to me |
| But the colonel and major who'd never seen fighting | But the colonel and major who'd never seen fighting |
| Both told me that only a coward would flee. | Both told me that only a coward would flee. |
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| Then I heard someone say they were shooting deserters | Then I heard someone say they were shooting deserters |
| The first time in years I made myself wet | The first time in years I made myself wet |
| And I started to run to escape from the (S-guards) | And I started to run to escape from the escorts |
| If they hadn't shot at me I'd be running yet. | If they hadn't shot at me I'd be running yet. |
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| It's three months and more in the cellar they kept me | It's three months and more in the cellar they kept me |
| Tomorrow at dawn when I'm just turned eighteen | Tomorrow at dawn when I'm just turned eighteen |
| I'll have grown old enough to be made an example | I'll have grown old enough to be made an example |
| An example (to make mere and men won't to leave)??? | An example that ignorant men (won't) want to leave |
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| For the sake of example just as an example | For the sake of example just as an example |
| That was the reason they gave to the boy | That was the reason they gave to the boy |
| For the sake of example just as an example | For the sake of example just as an example |
| To encourage the others his final employ. | To encourage the others his final employ. |
