Old Soldiers Never Die (II)

DESCRIPTION: "Old soldiers never die, Never die, never die, Old soldiers never die, They just fade away." "Old soldiers never die, Never die, never die, Old soldiers never die -- Young ones wish they would." Perhaps add "This rain will never stop...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: soldier age
FOUND IN: Ireland Britain
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, p. 59, "Old Soldiers Never Die" (1 text)
Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver, p. 57, "Old Soldiers Never Die" (1 text)
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 183, "Old soldiers never die" (1 fragment)
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #53, "Old Soldiers Never Die" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10521
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Kind Words Can Never Die" (tune)
cf. "Old Soldiers Never Die (I)" (lyrics)
NOTES [25 words]: According to hymnary.org, the original melody "Kind Words Can Never Die" is by Abby Hutchinson Patton (1829-1892) and goes back to 1850 or earlier. - RBW
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