THE WARSHIP
HAD LANDED
AND I'D COME ASHORE
THE FIGHTIN' WAS OVER
FOR ME EVERMORE
FOR I HAD BEEN WOUNDED
THEY'D LEFT ME FOR DEAD
A STONE FOR MY PILLOW
AND SNOW FOR MY BED
THE ENEMY FOUND ME
AND TOOK ME AWAY
AND MADE ME A PRISONER
OF WAR
SO THEY SAY
BUT GOD IN HIS MERCY
WAS WITH ME ONE DAY
THE GATE WAS LEFT OPEN
AND I RAN AWAY
I RETURNED
TO THE OLD HOME
MY SWEET WIFE TO SEE
THE HOME I HAD BUILT FOR
MY DARLIN' AND ME
THE DOOR I THEN OPENED
AND THERE ON A STAND
I SAW A PICTURE
OF HER AND A MAN
THE CLOTHES
SHE WAS WEARIN'
TOLD ME THE SAD TALE
MY DARLIN'
WAS WEARING
A NEW BRIDAL VEIL
THEN I FOUND A LETTER
AND THESE WORDS I READ
MISSING IN ACTION
SHE THOUGHT I WAS DEAD
SO I KISSED HER PICTURE
AND WHISPERED GOODBYE
MY POOR HEART
WAS BREAKIN'
BUT MY EYES WERE DRY
I KNEW IT WAS TOO LATE
FOR HER NOW TO LEARN
I KNEW SHE MUST NEVER
KNOW I HAD RETURNED
A VAGABOND DREAMER
FOREVER I'LL ROAM
BECAUSE THERE WAS
NO ONE
TO WELCOME ME HOME
THE FACE OF MY DARLIN'
NO MORE I SHALL SEE
FOR MISSING IN ACTION
FOREVER I'LL BE