Who Will Care for Mother Now?
Charles C. Sawyer
| Originale | Here is a minor correction of the second stansa as well as the... |
| WHO WILL CARE FOR MOTHER NOW? | WHO WILL CARE FOR MOTHER NOW? |
| 1. Why am I so weak and weary. See how faint my heated breath, All around to me seems darkness. Tell me, comrades, is this death? Ah! how well I know your answer; To my fate I meekly bow. If you'll only tell me truly Who will care for mother now? | Why am I so weak and weary. See how faint my heated breath, All around to me seems darkness. Tell me, comrades, is this death? Ah! how well I know your answer; To my fate I meekly bow. If you'll only tell me truly Who will care for mother now? |
| CHORUS [sung after each verse:] Soon with angels I'll be marching, With bright laurels on my brow. I have for my country fallen, Who will care for mother now? | CHORUS [sung after each verse:] Soon with angels I'll be marching, With bright laurels on my brow. I have for my country fallen, Who will care for mother now? |
| 2. Who will comfort her in sorrow? Who will dry the falling tear, Gently smooth her wrinkled forehead? Who will whisper words of cheer? Even now I think I see her Kneeling, praying for me! How Can I leave her in her anguish? Who will care for mother now? | 2. Who will comfort her in sorrow? Who will dry the falling tear, Gently smooth her wrinkled forehead? Who will whisper words of cheer? Even now I think I see her, Kneeling, praying for me now! must I leave her in such anguish? Who will care for mother now? |
| 3. Let this knapsack be my pillow, And my mantle be the sky; Hasten, comrades, to the battle, I will like a soldier die. Soon with angels I'll be marching, With bright laurels on my brow, I have for my country fallen, Who will care for mother now? | 3. Let this knapsack be my pillow, And my mantle be the sky; Hasten, comrades, to the battle, I will like a soldier die. Take this message on your honor, As my brothers make this vow; Tell her that my thoughts were with her, Who will care for mother now? |
