The warship had landed and I was ashore
The fighting was over, for me evermore
I was wounded, they left me for dead
Stone for my pillow, an' snow for my bed
The enemy found me, took me away
They made me a prisoner of war, so they say
But God, in his mercy was with me one day
Th gates was left open, an' I ran away
I returned to my old home, n' sweet wife to see
Home I'd built for my darl'in an' me
The door it was open an' there on a stand
Was a picture, of her an' a man
The clothes she was wearing, told the sad tale
My darling was wearing new bridal veil
There was a letter, these words it read
Missing in action, she thought I was dead
I kissed her picture n' whispered good-bye
Poor heart was broken but my eyes were dry
I knew it was to late for her now to learn
I knew she must never know I had returned
A vagabond dreamer forever I'll roam,
because there was no one to welcome me home,
The face of my darling no more will I see
for Missing in Action for ever I'll be.
The fighting was over, for me evermore
I was wounded, they left me for dead
Stone for my pillow, an' snow for my bed
The enemy found me, took me away
They made me a prisoner of war, so they say
But God, in his mercy was with me one day
Th gates was left open, an' I ran away
I returned to my old home, n' sweet wife to see
Home I'd built for my darl'in an' me
The door it was open an' there on a stand
Was a picture, of her an' a man
The clothes she was wearing, told the sad tale
My darling was wearing new bridal veil
There was a letter, these words it read
Missing in action, she thought I was dead
I kissed her picture n' whispered good-bye
Poor heart was broken but my eyes were dry
I knew it was to late for her now to learn
I knew she must never know I had returned
A vagabond dreamer forever I'll roam,
because there was no one to welcome me home,
The face of my darling no more will I see
for Missing in Action for ever I'll be.
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