Voices that came calling
Across the battlefield site
Come join us in peace
On Christmas Eve night

With hope and friendship in their hearts
As they climbed aloft the cold damp trench
To join their enemy in peace
Beyond the barb wire fence

Forward went the weary batch
To muster strength for a football match
And to stand and sing through the night
Beneath that heavenly shining light

Another dawning in the western sky
Shaking hands and saying goodbye
As bells rang out that Christmas morn
To tell of peace and a new day born

TH Hardy, Tauranga.