Soldier's Last Request, The

DESCRIPTION: "The rain was slowly falling on a bloody battle-field" as the soldier lies dying. There is only time to hear a few of his last words: "Tell her that I loved her truly, And that I know no fear." The singer, with heavy heart, tells his beloved of his death
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (Nestler)
KEYWORDS: soldier death love
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Harold Nestler, "Songs from the Hudson Valley" (article in _New York Folklore Quarterly_, Volume V, #2, Summer 1949), p. 101, "The Soldier's Last Request" (1 text)
File: Nest101A

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