Annie, Dear, I’m Called Away
(Melody only by Bob Nolan)
By a cottage in the twilight stands a soldier and a maid.
Solemn words are being spoken for his country needs his aid.
Down her cheeks the tears are streaming, trembling, she bids him stay.
Firmly, sadly, comes his answer, "Annie, dear, I’m called away."
"Good-bye, Annie, good-bye, darlin’.
Tho’ I fain would with thee stay,
‘Tis decreed that I must leave thee
Annie, dear, I’m called away."
Next the tramp of marching footsteps passing by that cottage door
And the soldier, smiling bravely, leaves her whom he’ll see no more.
Tho’ she fell in broken slumber, ever after hear him say
In a tender mournful whisper, "Annie, dear, I’m called away."
"Good-bye, Annie, good-bye darlin’.
Tho’ I fain would with thee stay,
‘Tis decreed that I must leave thee
Annie, dear, I’m called away."
There has been a mighty conflict, victory has been nobly won
And the youthful soldier dying e’er his life has well begun.
"Comrade," he is feebly saying, "I shall never live ‘til day.
"If you are spared to see my darling tell her I am called away."
"Good-bye, Annie, good-bye darlin’.
Tho’ I fain would with thee stay,
‘Tis decreed that I must leave thee
Annie, dear, I’m called away."
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