“The Dying Soldier to His Mother”

Description

"On the field of battle, mother, All the night alone I lay; Angels watching o'er me, mother, Till the breaking of the day." The soldier thinks of his mother, sends farewells to family, wishes he could repay mother, and bids farewell

Supplemental text

Dying Soldier to His Mother, The
  Partial text(s)

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From Harvey H. Fuson, Ballads of the Kentucky Highlands, pp. 108-109.
"Copy furnished by Prof. Leon Denny Moses."

On the field of battle, mother,
All the night alone I lay,
Angels watching o'er me, mother,
Till the breaking of the day.
I lay thinking of you, mother,
And the loving ones at home,
Till to our dear cottage, mother,
Once again I seemed to come.

(4 additional stanzas)

References

1. BrownII 228, "The Dying Soldier to His Mother" (1 text)
2. Fuson, pp. 108-109, "The Dying Soldier" (1 text)
3. ADDITIONAL: Fred W. Allsopp, Folklore of Romantic Arkansas, Volume II (1931), p. 227 (no title) (1 short text)
4. ST BrII228 (Partial)
5. Roud #6568
6. BI, BrII228