Toy Soldiers

How I loved my toy soldiers, When we were but mere boys To me the greatest fun, The very most favorite of all toys So innocent I played Slaying, death, unknown to me Was still the Civil War, The Blue and Grey I see The cannons with their pellets Explosions in my mind, Little did I realize There was another kind.... Where death was real Agony overcame heroics The cavalry charges were all too true The was little but vast carnage, Between the Grey and Blue And musket-balls found their flesh Tearing life away Bayonnets found their mark, Life in such a wartime, Is not a toy filled lark Let's hope there are no new playsets, To remember more new wars We must one day learn our lesson It's all a wasteful sin It's time we let peace reign And let the healing to begin.