Cat. #0997 (MFH #206) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on October 7, 1969
CHORUS:
From Mothers arms to Kareo
And tomorrow I'll face th front line
Th next line was wrote by his buddy
From a fox hole to a mansion on high
VERSE 1
They sent her a unfinished dairy
That she once give her darlin' son
It started th day that he left her
An' ended by an enemy gun
VERSE 2
I dreamed I saw Mother kneeling
By th ole stone wall to pray
In my dream I'd hear her saying
Be brave my darling, be brave
VERSE 3
O, tell my sweetheart, that's waitin'
For th ship to anchor at shore
Tell her to forget me
Her lips I'll kiss no more