Original lyrics

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Four minutes late, but the largest has been reached The Campbletown lies stopped, crashed into the caisson Opening the valves to scuddle the ship Patiently awaiting, her hour of Death With Iron-runged ladders The commandos embark Down they went under heavy fire Supported by the Oerlikons Moving at the double Carrying weapons and many explosives Illuminated by searchlights, in a moonlike gloom The men advance towards their objectives Sometimes no opposition, other times lighting hard All around the noise of shots and explosions Everywhere the crackle of machineguns The bursts of the Oerlikens The crashed of high explosives The roar of the commandos' charges Destroying the pump houses Demolishing the far caisson Blowing up the winding houses Silencing the defenses Each target has been reached Success in an utmost degree In battle with the bunkers Throwing hand grenades Blazing with Brens and Thomsons The positions were overrun Opposition was fierce, a deadly game evolved The Germans and the British were fighting hand-to-hand The protection and demolishing teams were retreating Under the fire of the German ships less than half an hour after the landing took place The commandos demolition objectives had been fulfilled The Forme Eeluse was useless, certainly a year at least Pritchard's daring operation was already a success