Alas! no wife’s fond arms ca­ressed

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His bat­tle fought, his jour­ney o’er.

Alas! no wife’s fond arms ca­ressed

His cheek no ten­der mo­ther pressed;

The Volunteer’s Burial

lyricist: Park Benjamin, 1864
Composer: William Kirkpatrick
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...His bat­tle fought, his jour­ney o’er.

Alas! no wife’s fond arms ca­ressed,

His cheek no ten­der mo­ther pressed;...

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His bat­tle fought, his jour­ney o’er.

Alas! no wife’s fond arms ca­ressed,

His cheek no ten­der mo­ther pressed;

The Volunteer’s Burial

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