Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Just Before The Battle, Mother, artist - Tennessee Ernie Ford.
Date of issue: 09.07.1961
Song language: English
Just Before The Battle, Mother |
Just before the battle, Mother, |
I am thinking most of you |
While upon the fields we’re watching, |
With the enemy in view |
Comrades, brave, are round me lying |
Filled with thoughts of home and God |
For well they know that on the morrow |
Some will sleep beneath the sod |
Farewell, Mother, you may never |
Press me to your heart again |
But, oh, you’ll not forget me, Mother |
If I’m numbered with the slain |
Hark, I hear the bugels sounding |
'Tis the signal for the fight |
Now may God protect us, Mother |
As he ever does the right |
Hear the battle cry of freedom |
How it swells up in the air |
Yes, we’ll rally round the standard |
Or we’ll perish nobly there |
Farewell, Mother, you may never |
Press me to your heart again |
But, oh, you’ll not forget me, Mother |
If I’m numbered with the slain |