Key: A minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
off to war
To fight on some foreign shore
His mother, she was proud of him
For he looked so straight and tall
In his uniform and all
Her face broke right out into a grin
She said, son, you look so fine
I'm proud you're a son of mine
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Yes, it makes me glad to know
That you're wearing a gun
Now you just do like that captain said
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Lots of medals you're gonna get
And we'll put them on the wall
Will you come home?
That old train pulled out
And John's mom began to shout
And she was tellin' everybody
In the neighborhood
That's my son who's about to go
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He's a soldier now, you know
Well, she made well sure her
neighbors understood
She got a letter once in a while
And her face would break into a smile
And she read them to her
neighbor friend next door
And she bragged about her son
And his uniform and his gun
And this thing she called
a good old -fashioned war
Well, when the letters did not come,
a long time they did not come
They ceased to come
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And when the letter finally came,
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home from the war
She got up and went right down
She looked up and all around
But a soldier's son's face
she could not see in sight
But when all the people passed,
she saw her son at last
And when she did,
she could hardly believe her eyes
For his face was all shot up,
and his hands were both blown off
And he wore a metal brace
around his waist
And he whispered soft and slow
In a voice she did not know
She couldn't even recognize his face
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She said, oh my darling son
Lord, what have they gone and done
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How is it that you've
come to me this way
And when he tried to speak,
his mouth could hardly move
His mother had turned her face away
He said, through that thunder,
rain and stink
Lord, I could not help but think
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And through the thunder,
rain and smoke
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eye out of the wood
When they turned the wall,
John's ma was still in shock
As she saw that little brace
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down into her hand
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