Somebody's Darling

From "The Confederacy" by Columbia Masterworks Definately the saddest of these songs. The true face of war. Into the ward of the clean white-washed halls, Where the dead slept and the dying lay; Wounded by bayonets, sabres and balls, Somebody's darling was borne one day. Somebody's darling so young and so brave, Wearing still on his sweet yet pale face Soon to be hid in the dust of the grave, The lingering light of his boyhood's grace. Somebody's darling, somebody's pride, Who'll tell his Mother where her boy died? Give him a kiss, but for somebody's sake, Murmur a prayer for him, soft and low, One little curl from his golden mates take, Somebody's pride they were once, you know, Somebody's warm hand has oft rested there, Was it a Mother's so soft and white? Or have the lips of a sister, so fair, Ever been bathed in their waves of light? Somebody's darling, somebody's pride, Who'll tell his Mother where her boy died?