The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book
PART IV.—SOLOS
43—WHEN YOU COME HOME
When we go home, dear, when we go home,
No more to leave you, no more to roam,
God will remember! God will provide!
When we go home at eventide,
God will remember! God will provide!
44—UNTIL
No rose in all the world, until you came,
No star until you smiled upon life's sea,
No song in all the world, until you spoke,
No hope until you gave your heart to me.
O rose, bloom ever in my lonely heart,
O star, shine steadfast with your light divine,
Ring on, O song, your melody of joy,
Life's crowned at last,
And love, and love is ever mine.
45—A PERFECT DAY
When you come to the end of a perfect day,
And you sit alone with your thought,
While the chimes ring out with a carol gay
For the joy that the day has brought,
Do you think what the end of a perfect day
Can mean to a tired heart,
When the sun goes down with a flaming ray,
And the dear friends have to part?
Well, this is the end of a perfect day,
Near the end of a journey too,
But it leaves a thought that is big and strong,
With a wish that is kind and true.
For memory has painted this perfect day
With colors that never fade,
And we find at the end of a perfect day
The soul of a friend we've made.
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