Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)

"Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)"
Single by the Zombies
from the album Odessey and Oracle
B-side	"This Will Be Our Year"
Released	June 1968
Recorded	20 July 1967
Studio	EMI, London
Genre	Baroque pop
Length	2:48
Label	Date Records
Songwriter(s)	Chris White
Producer(s)	The Zombies
The Zombies singles chronology
"Care of Cell 44" (1967) "Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)" (1968) "Time of the Season" (1968)

"Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)" is a song written by Chris White of the Zombies, first released on the group's 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. It was also released as a single in the United States in June 1968, backed by "This Will Be Our Year." "Butcher's Tale" was recorded in one take on 20 July 1967 at EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3. The song has also been covered by They Might Be Giants, The Immediate, John Wilkes Booze and Chrysanthemums. The anti-war protest song is written from the perspective of a soldier fighting on the Western Front of World War I, mentioning the battles at Gommecourt, Thiepval, Mametz and Verdun in France.