Playing games in a war may seem bizarre
But that depends on where you are
Boys will be boys men will be men
But sometimes men need to be boys again

Two Canadian Battalions, are playing
Baseball a swimming contest then shooting on the range
We want to prove we are equal or better
Makes a boy into a stronger soldier

Playing games
Kills some time, hides our fears
Waiting as the front nine nears

Time off in a war may seem bizarre
But that depends on where you are
Boys will be boys and men will be men
But sometimes men need to be boys again

Took a six day leave to Tillymaud by train
It was good to see the people of my childhood again
Mother is looking surprisingly fine
But Father’s health is failing at seventy nine

Going home once more
Seeing mom and dad
Memories of a Scottish lad

Throwing snow in a war may seem bizarre
But that depends on where you are
Boys will be boys men will be men
But sometimes men need to be boys again

1916 record snowfall in Southern England
A snowball fight between a thousand Canadians
The whole thing led to a bloody riot
With all our windows broken out of our barracks

Orders came down
In record time
No snowball fights behind the lines

Playing games
Kills some time, hides our fears
Waiting as the front nine nears

Throwing snow in a war may seem bizarre
But that depends on where you are
Boys will be boys men will be men
But sometimes men need to be boys again
... sometimes men need to be boys again