Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Robert Hunter
In his journal for 27 May 1998, Robert Hunter says:
Several starter songs begun, two of which seem to be getting serious: working titles "Shake the Wind" and "Back to the Somme"Then in his journal for 16 June 1999, Robert Hunter wrote
"... developing half a dozen new songs (Serafina Magdalena, Ebenezer, Bolt from the Blue, Sack of Babylon, Back to the Somme, St. Agnes' Day) and working them up for performance".That's all we know about "Back To The Somme". There's no record of the song ever being developed further or performed by Hunter.