The Ballad of Bill Hubbard

The Ballad of Bill Hubbard - Roger Waters

"Two things that have haunted me most are the days when I had to

Collect the paybooks; and when I left Bill Hubbard in no-man's-land "

"I was picked up and taken into their trench And I'd no sooner taken

Two or three steps down the trench when I heard a call 'Hello Razz

I'm glad to see you This is my second night here ' and he said 'I'm

Feeling bad ' and it was Bill Hubbard one of the men we'd trained

In England one of the original battalion I had a look at his wound

Rolled him over; I could see it was probably a fatal wound You could

Imagine what pain he was in he was dripping with sweat; and after

I'd gone about three shellholes traversed that had it been had

There been a path or a road I could have done better He pummeled

Me 'Put me down put me down I'd rather die I'd rather die put me

Down ' I was hoping he would faint He said 'I can't go any further

Let me die ' I said 'If I leave you here Bill you won't be found let's

Have another go ' He said 'All right then ' And the same thing

Happened; he couldn't stand it any more and I had to leave him

There in no-man's-land "