Edgar Albert Guest - The Boy Enlists

Edgar Albert Guest - The Boy Enlists

His mother's eyes are saddened, and her cheeks br are stained with tears, br And I'm facing now the struggle that I've br dreaded through the years; br For the boy that was our baby has been changed br into a man. br He's enlisted in the army as a true American. br br He held her for a moment in his arms before br he spoke, br And I watched him as he kissed her, and it br seemed to me I'd choke, br For I knew just what was coming, and I knew br just what he'd done! br 'Another little mother had a soldier for a son. br br When we'd pulled ourselves together, and the br first quick tears had dried, br We could see his eyes were blazing with the fire br of manly pride; br We could see his head was higher than it ever br was before, br For we had a man to cherish, and our baby was br no more. br br Oh, I don't know how to say it! With the sorrow br comes the joy br That there isn't any coward in the make-up of br our boy.


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