(Kiss Mother Goodbye For Me)
A WWI song from 1918
Words and music by George Boyden
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- ‘Twas just before the battle boys
That day I’ll ne’er forget
A lad beside me in the trench
As brave as I have met
Tho’ death was near, he had no fear
‘Twas very plain to see
For just before the battle charge
He smilingly said to me
Chorus:
“If I am not at the roll-call
After the fighting is done
Won’t you be kind to my mother
Just for her soldier son?
Tell her I know how she loves me
And prays for me constantly
May angels attend her
Brave comrade befriend her
And kiss her goodbye for me”
- We all felt glad our little lad
Came thru the fight all right
His courage in the battle
Gave us help to win the fight
It made his dear old mother’s heart
As proud as it could be
I wrote and told her just the words
Her brave boy had said to me
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: