Most of us have heard the expression "when pigs fly", but in a different part of the world another popular saying was that "it's more likely for a snake to smoke a pipe than for the Brazilian expeditionary force to go to the front and fight" in the same context.
However, one day in 1944 the snake did smoke and over 25,000 Brazilians left to join WW2 and this is the story about 3 of them who fought so bravely against a much larger opposing force that their enemies buried them with the words : "Here rest 3 Brazilian heroes".
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We remember, no surrender
Heroes of our century
3 men stood strong, and they held out for long
Going into the fight, to their death that awaits
Crazy or brave, will it end in the grave?
As they're giving their lives
As their honor dictates
Far, far from home, to a war
Fought on foreign soil and
Far, far from known, tell their tale,
Their forgotten story
Cobras fumantes, viva está sua memória
Rise from the blood of your heroes
You, were the ones who refused to surrender
The 3, rather died than to flee,
Know that your memory,
Will be sung for a century
3 took the blow, while impressing their foe
Throwing dice, with their lives
As they're paying the price
Sent to raise hell, hear the toll of the bell
It is calling for you as the Wehrmacht devised
Sent over seas to be cast into fire
Fought for a purpose with pride and desire
Blood of the brave they would give to inspire
Cobras fumantes, your memory lives!
Exact words from the earbook - I own nothing.
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Heroes
PoetryHere are 10 songs based on stories of forgotten heroes of both the First and Second World War. The album 'Heroes' by Swedish power metal band 'Sabaton' has been released in May, 2014. I was lucky enough to get the earbook version - meaning I also g...
