Soldier's Trade- Blankenship (VA) 1918 Sharp J
[My title. Single stanza with music from EFSSA, 1932 Sharp J,
R. Matteson 2017]
J. [Soldier's Trade] Sung by Mrs. MARY JANE BLANKENSHIPP at Price's Creek, Burnsville, N. C, Oct. 5, 1918. Hexatonic (no 6th).
A soldier's trade is cruel life,
It robs poor girls of the heart's delight,
It causes them to weep and mourn
The loss of a soldier never to return.