The trial of the two accused of murdering Drummer Rigby commenced today. Maybe this is the right moment to re-post my poem 'Corps of Drums' that I wrote shortly after the two cowards committed the hateful and wholly uneccessary crime. They want name changes and ask to be known by different names in court. Let us hope that the authorities refuse to bow to their demands, and instead refer to them by their names at the time of their henious act. Meanwhile, the name of Drummer Rigby shall live on for ever, but their known names, and or their wishful names shall soon be forgotten.
Corps of Drums
The wicked did lie in waitSeeking death and Heavens Gate
Thinking that they would gain fame
With intent to kill or maim
Both were cowards through and through
Choosing for not one but two
To first strike down and then slay
The soldier that then did lay
Upon this ground of England
Close to his family band
The Corps of Drums will now sound
Drummer Rigby on the ground
Roger Bennett
Penrhyncoch
May 2013
