Sing Me to Sleep

DESCRIPTION: "SIng me to sleep where the Very lights fall, Let me forget the war and all. I've got the wind up, that's what they say...." "Far, far from Wipers (=Ypres) I long to be, Where German snipers can't snipe at me." He fears he will sleep without waking
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Nettleingham-TommysTunes)
KEYWORDS: soldier music death
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Nettleingham-TommysTunes, #5, "Sing Me to Sleep (Trench Version)" (1 text)
Roud #5139
File: NeTT005

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