Good-Bye Little Girl, Good-Bye

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Good-Bye Little Girl, Good-Bye (1904)
Gus Edwards (music) and Will D. Cobb (lyrics)
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1904 sheet music cover.

The sound of the bugle is calling.
Fare thee well, Fare thee well,
The soldiers in line are a-falling,
Fare thee well, Fare thee well,

"There's a rose in your hair sweet maiden
And its fragrance rare floats on the air,
But the rose from your cheek is fading
Hark! I can hear the trumpets blare.

Good-bye little girl good-bye,
Good-bye little girl good-bye,
Just let me wear this rose so fair,
For I'm marching away to be a soldier.

Don't cry little girl, don't cry
Bye and bye little girl, bye and bye,
In my uniform of blue
I'll come marching back to you,
Goodbye little girl good-bye."

From afar comes the sound of a battle.
bugles call soldiers fall,
On the ground mid the roar and the rattle,
Lies a boy, Soldier boy

"There's a rose in my breast my comrade
I could hear him say mid the battles fray,
If they spare you to see my darling
Will you take it back to her and say.

Good-bye little girl good-bye,
Good-bye little girl good-bye,
Just let me wear this rose so fair,
For I'm marching away to be a soldier.

Don't cry little girl, don't cry
Bye and bye little girl, bye and bye,
In my uniform of blue
I'll come marching back to you,
Goodbye little girl good-bye."

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


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