Andy Cavell — Lonely Soilder Boy lyrics

Lyrics

I’m a lonely soldier boy
And I love a pretty girl
And I signed away my life so she could be the wife
Of this lonely soldier boy
When reveille bugle calls
I just didn’t sleep at all
For my mind was in a whirl thinking of my pretty girl
And her lonely soldier boy
On that day that we marched, marched, marched
Oh I didn’t get the chance, chance, chance
To ask her if she’d write, write, write
And now there’s no hope left, left, left
As we sail across the sea
I knew this love could never be
And I try to forget my pretty girl and yet
I’m a lonely soldier boy
And now the battle has begun, -gun, -gun
And my heart begins to drum, drum, drum
In my side the bullet comes, comes, comes
And I’ll never return, -turn, -turn
So my pretty girl goodbye
I see an angel by my side