{"id":11356,"date":"2014-03-08T21:08:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T20:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=11356"},"modified":"2020-06-07T06:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T05:00:57","slug":"dark-is-the-night-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=11356","title":{"rendered":"Dark is the night (Poem)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/604.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7042\" title=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/604-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/604-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/604-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/604-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This Poem is Dedicated to L\/cpl David Card Aged 21. (1 R.G.J.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;Shot dead while on foot patrol in Andersonstown West Belfast on the 04.08.1972.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dark is the night<br \/>\nDark are the people<br \/>\nDark is my face for a bloody good reason.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dark is the night<br \/>\nDark are the people<br \/>\nDark is my rifle for another good reason.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dark is the night<br \/>\nDark are the people<br \/>\nDarkness is good I can not be seen<br \/>\nDark is my Beret of good rifle green.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dark is the Night<br \/>\nDark are the people<br \/>\nRioting at night for no good reason.<br \/>\nBeen out to long, for this cold season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dark is the night<br \/>\nDark are the people<br \/>\nStill on patrol without any vehicles<br \/>\nSeems like were lost and going in circles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dark is the night<br \/>\nDark are the people<br \/>\nPatrol nearly over, we have travelled quite far<br \/>\nNo where to hide from the lights of the car.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dark is the night<br \/>\nDark are the people<br \/>\nWhat was that noise, what was that light..<br \/>\nDown on my back and I don&#8217;t feel quite right.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dark is the night&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0263.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0263-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0263\" width=\"209\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0263-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0263-1024x1003.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0263-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0263-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0263-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0263-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_0263-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Written By fellow Rifleman <strong>P Pickford.<\/strong><\/p>\n[audio: https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mp3\/High on a Hill.mp3 | autostart=yes | initialvolume=90]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Poem is Dedicated to L\/cpl David Card Aged 21. (1 R.G.J.). 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