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Olwyn
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Otago Witness, 11 September 1890, Page 35
A STORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
THE SONG AND HOW IT WAS FINISHED AT LAST.
JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE, MOTHER.
Just before the battle, mother,
I am thinking most of you,
While upon the field we're watching
With the enemy in view.
Comrades brave around are laying,
Filled with thoughts of home and God ;
For well they know that on the morrow
Some will sleep beneath the sod.
Oh, I long to see you, mother,
And the loving ones at home ;
But I'll never leave our banner
Till in honour I can come.
Tell the traitors all around you
That their cruel words we know
In every battle kill our soldiers
By the help they give the foe.
Hark! I hear the bugle sounding,
'Tis the signal for the fight ;
Now, may God protect us, mother,
As it ever does the right.
Hear the battle cry of freedom,
Ab it swells upon the air!
Oh, yes, we'll rally round the standard,
Or well perish nobly there.
CHORUS.
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.