collected by Brenda Jo Upton
sung by Mrs. Montie Martin Jasper, Arkansas April 25, 1962
Reel 401
Item 15
JUST AS THE SUN WENT DOWN
After the din of battle was o'er Just at the close of day,
Wounded and bleeding upon the field Two dying soldiers lay.
One thought of his mother at home alone, Feeble and old and grey.
One of his sweetheart he left in town, Happy and young and gay,
One held a ringlet of then grey heair,
One held a lock of brown.
Bidding each other a long fairwell Just as the sun went down.
One kissed the ringlet of thin grey hair, One kissed the lock of brown.
Bidding each other a long fairwell Just as the sun went down.
