Our Soldier Heroes Sleeping

They’ll nev­er cross the val­leys

Or crys­tal waters sweet

They’ll nev­er face the foe­man

When charg­ing ar­mies meet;

O’er mount­ains

vast and hoa­ry

O’er hill and grassy plain

Our sol­dier he­roes sleep­ing

Shall nev­er march again.

They’ll nev­er march again

They’ll nev­er march again

Our sol­dier heroes sleep­ing

Shall nev­er march again.

We’ll call our hosts to­ge­ther

From ov­er land and sea

They’ll nev­er hear the trum­pet

Or sound of re­veille;

Our coun­try’s flag shall lead them

A host as strong and brave

As they who sleep in si­lence

Where flow­ers o’er them wave.

They fought and won the bat­tle

Those he­ro boys of ours

And we are left to weep them

And strew their graves with flowers;

They’ve won the palms of glo­ry

They wear the rose of grace

Beneath His crown of sun­light

Their souls shall see His face.

Their feet shall cross the val­leys

And Ed­en’s rivers sweet

They’ll lie be­side the fount­ains

Where an­gels joy­ful meet;

But ’mid their coun­try’s bat­tles

O’er any ear­thy plain

Our sol­dier heroes sleep­ing

Shall nev­er march again.