WHEN THE POSTMAN
DELIVERED A LETTER
IT FILLED
HER DEAR HEART
FULL OF JOY
BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOW
TILL SHE READ THE INSIDE
IT WAS THE LAST ONE
FROM HER DARLING BOY
DEAR MOM
WAS THE WAY
THAT IT STARTED
I MISS YOU SO MUCH
IT WENT ON
MOM I DIDN'T KNOW
THAT I LOVED YOU SO
BUT I'LL PROVE IT
WHEN THIS WAR IS WON
I'M WRITING THIS DOWN
IN A TRENCH MOM
DON'T SCOLD
IF IT ISN'T SO NEAT
YOU KNOW AS YOU DID
WHEN I WAS A KID
AND I'D COME HOME
WITH MUD ON MY FEET
THE CAPTAIN
JUST GAVE US
OUR ORDERS
AND MOM
WE WILL CARRY
THEM THROUGH
I'LL FINISH THIS LETTER
THE FIRST CHANCE I GET
BUT NOW I'LL JUST SAY
I LOVE YOU
THEN THE MOTHER'S
OLD HANDS
BEGAN TO TREMBLE
AND SHE
FOUGHT AGAINST
TEARS IN HER EYES
BUT THEY CAME
UNASHAMED
FOR THERE WAS NO NAME
AND SHE KNEW THAT
HER DARLING HAD DIED
THAT NIGHT
AS SHE KNELT
BY HER BEDSIDE
SHE PRAYED
LORD ABOVE
HEAR MY PLEA
AND PROTECT
ALL THE SONS
THAT ARE FIGHTING
TONIGHT
AND DEAR GOD
KEEP AMERICA FREE