A Soldier Boy Came Home- mellyjane (JAM) 2010
[From URL: http://able2know.org/topic/52-2. Posted Fri 16 Apr, 2010 07:06 am
R. Matteson 2017]
A Soldier Boy Came Home- Jamaican version posted by mellyjane April 16, 2010
A soldier boy came home one night
To find his house without a light
He went upstairs to go to bed
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 to cut her down
And to her breast this note he found
Oh Father dear, I died through shame
To bear a child without a name
And if he'd lived to be a boy
He would have been your pride and joy.
So dig a grave and dig it deep
And place white lilies at my feet
And to my head please place a dove
To show the world I died for love
So he dug a grave and dug it deep
And placed white lilies at her feet
And to her head, he placed a dove
To show the world, she died for love.
So all you maidens bear in mind
A sailor's heart is hard to find
And if you find one good and true
Please don't exchange it for a new.
Oh dig a grave and dig it deep
And place white lilies at my feet
And to my head please place a dove
To show the world I died for love.