Your Little Band Of Gold

On the raging field of battle in a dugout dark and cold

Lies a soldier boy in tears and wracked with pain

We gathered close beside him as our Captain said a prayer

We knew his chance to live was all in vain

He opened up his big blue eyes and smiled through flowing tears

These last few words then to our Captain told

In this pocket by my heart sir is a message send it please

And with it send this little band of gold

I promised you sweetheart someday I’d meet you

Your tender form close to my heart I’d fold

But I’ll never keep that promise I have trod the last long mile

But I’m sending you your little band of gold

We laid him down in silence t’was so hard to leave him there

Our hearts were heavy as we walked away

But we know tonight in Heaven there’s another soldier boy

Who’ll be marked a hero on that judgment day

We wrote his dear old mother sent his love to folks back home

And told her God had called him to the fold

And the message to his darling we so carefully mailed away

With his picture and her little band of gold