A Soldier Boy- AJxKraZe (UK) 2011 posted
[From online post here- URL: http://able2know.org/topic/52-2
Minor editing for punctuation and capitalization,
R. Matteson 2017]
She comments: I know this is right-- - i know this because my nanan & my auntie used to sing it to me
and im getting lilys tattooed on my foot, and a dove on my neck to symbolise my family as they are the only people i know personally who know this song.
A Soldier Boy- posted by AJxKraZe on Fri 6 May, 2011
A soldier boy came home one night
to find his house without a light
He went upstairs to go to bed
when a sudden thought came to his head.
He went into his daughter's room
to find her hanging from a beam
he took his knife and cut her down
and on her bed these words he found:
"Oh father dear I died of shame,
to bare this child without a name
but if it were this child be born
then all my troubles would be yours.
So dig my grave and dig it deep
and lay white lilies at my feet
and at my head a turtle dove
to show the world i died for love
So all you maidens bare in mind
a soldiers love is hard to find
so if you find one good and true
don't change the whole[old] world for the new."