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SOLDIER’S POOR LITTLE BOY Sung by: Emma Puterbaugh Medlin Recorded on 8/12/63 Click here to listen to the original recording And it filled his heart with joy, Saying, “You can see I’m almost frozen. I’m a soldier’s poor little boy. My mother died when I was born; My father, he went to the war, And now I’m almost frozen. I’m a soldier’s poor little boy.” Then down she came from her window so high, And opened wide her cottage door, Saying, “Come in, you poor little boy; You never will roam any more. I had a son slain on the battlefield-- He was my pride and joy-- And as long as I live, a home I will give To a soldier’s poor little boy.” (Comment by Mrs. Medlin: “I didn’t get the beginning of that.”) Also found in Randolph, Vol. IV, #718; Brown, Vol. II, #151; Belden, p. 273. |
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