Just Before the Battle, Mother
Tennessee Ernie Ford * Track #10 On Sings Civil War Songs of the North
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- #7The New York Volunteer
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- #8The Faded Coat of Blue
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- #9Marching Through Georgia
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- #10Just Before the Battle, Mother
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- #11The Girl I Left Behind Me
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- #12Union Dixie
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Just Before the Battle, Mother by Tennessee Ernie Ford
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“Just before the Battle, Mother” was a popular song during the American Civil War, particularly among troops in the Union Army. It was written and published by Chicago-based George F. Root. It was also a popular song with adherents of the Primrose League in England, and was a central part of Victori...
Just Before the Battle, Mother Lyrics
Just before the battle, Mother
I am thinking most of you
While upon the fields we're watching
With the enemy in view
Comrades, brave round me lying
Filled with thoughts of home and God
For well they know that on the morrow
Some will sleep beneath the sod
Farewell, Mother, you may never
Press me to your breast again
But, oh, you'll not forget me, Mother
If I'm numbered with the slain
Hark, I hear the bugels sounding
'Tis the signal for the fight
Now, may God protect us, Mother
As he ever does the right
Hear the battle cry of freedom
How it swells up on the air
Oh, yes, we'll rally 'round the standard
Or we'll perish nobly there
Farewell, Mother, you may never
Press me to your breast again
But, oh, you'll not forget me, Mother
If I'm numbered with the slain