Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Just Before The Battle, Mother , by - Tennessee Ernie Ford. Release date: 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 |