Misc Traditional – Just Before The Battle Mother chords

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Just Before the Battle, Mother - Traditional song
Chords by Jon Malmin - (jogusmal@telia.com)

Another Civil War song... The chords are the same for each verse and chorus.

A DJust before the battle, mother,
E AI am thinking most of you,
A DWhile upon the field we're watching
E AWith the enemy in view.
A DComrades brave are 'round me lying,
E E7 Filled with thoughts of home and God
A DFor well they know that on the morrow,
E ASome will sleep beneath the sod.
CHORUS:
A DFarewell, mother, you may never
E E7Press me to your heart again,
A DBut, oh, you'll not forget me, mother,
E AIf I'm numbered with the slain.
Oh, I long to see you, mother, And the loving ones at home, But I'll never leave our banner, Till in honor I can come. Tell the traitors all around you That their cruel words we know, In every battle kill our soldiers By the help they give the foe. CHORUS: Farewell, mother, you may never Press me to your heart again, But, oh, you'll not forget me, mother, If I'm numbered with the slain. Hark! I hear the bugles sounding, 'Tis the signal for the fight, Now, may God protect us, mother, As He ever does the right. Hear the "Battle-Cry of Freedom," How it swells upon the air, Oh, yes, we'll rally 'round the standard, Or we'll perish nobly there. CHORUS: Farewell, mother, you may never Press me to your heart again, But, oh, you'll not forget me, mother, If I'm numbered with the slain.
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