Onward Christian soldiers marching as to war;
Overcoming evils in Welsh farming law.
Fighting for our bovine friends, tethered through their life;
Foully abused as milk machines: a terrifying plight!
Onward Christian soldiers; Christ will be our light.
We will fight this evil as champions for the right.
Crammed in sheds; intensely bred; udders filled with pus;
Goaded by harsh farmers; this is far from just.
Mums robbed of their baby calves. A petrifying sight!.
Hear them bellow piteously through hours of day and night.
Onward Christian soldiers; Christ will be our light.
We will fight this evil as champions for the right
Need we doubt disease is rife, when spirits sink so low?
With cows so abused in foul sheds, T.B’s bound to grow!
Blame not harmless badger friends, for this present plight.
But cruel, evil, farmers trends; shame these with all your might
Onward Christian soldiers; Christ will be our light.
We will fight this evil as champions for the right.
- Rev. James Thompson.
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