Comrades

Comrades.
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We from childhood played together,
My dear comrade Jack and 1:
We would Acht each other’s battles,
To each other’s aid we’d fly;
And in bowl’s scrapes and troubles
You would find us ev’rywhere;
Where are went the other followed
Naught could part us, for we were:

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Comrades, comrades, ever since we were boys:
Charing each other’s sorrows, sharing each other’s
Joys:
Comrades when manhood was dawning, faithful
whate’er might betide;
When danger threaten’d my darling old comrade
was there by my side.

When just budding into manhood
I vearned for a soldier’s life:
Night and day I dreamed of glory.
Longing for the battle’s strife.
I said: “Jack. I’ll be a soldier.
‘Neath the Red, the White and Blue!
Good-by. Jack!” said he. “No, nevert
If you go, then I’ll go too!”

Chorus
I enlisted. Jack came with me
And ups and downs we shared:
For a time our lives were peaceful,
But at length war wasdeclared
Ereland’s nae had been insuited.
We were ordered to the front.
And the regiment we belonged to
Had to bear the battle’s brunt.

Chorus

In the right the savage foemen
Grept around us as we lav:
To our arms we leaved and faced them,
Back to back we stood at bay.
As I fought, a savage at me
Almed his spear like lightning’s dart,
But my comrade soring to save me
And received it in his heart.
Chorus.