{"id":1862,"date":"2015-02-21T20:13:07","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T20:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petercookie.com\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2016-03-31T20:45:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T20:45:53","slug":"soldier-boy-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2015\/02\/21\/soldier-boy-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Your little band of gold."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  sdl_right\" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">80.05.5<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:12.6px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"80.05.5\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zc3NhLmxsYy5lZC5hYy51ay93aGFsc2F5YW5zL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9zaXRlcy8yLzIwMTUvMDIvODAuMDUuNS5tcDM=\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:true, vol:100, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p><strong>Arthur Stewart \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0SA1980.05.5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This ballad was written and recorded by\u00a0the prolific Canadian country music artist\u00a0\u00a0Clarence Eugene &#8220;Hank&#8221; Snow (1914-1999). \u00a0Here Arthur sings to his own guitar accompaniment.<br \/>\nRoud Index no 27143.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>On a\u00a0raging field of battle in a dugout dark and cold<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lay a soldier boy in tears and wracked with pain.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We gathered close beside him as our Captain said a prayer:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We knew his chance to live was all in vain.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>He opened up his big blue eyes and smiled through flowing tears,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>These last few words then to our Captain told,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;In this pocket by my heart, sir, is a message, send it please,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And with it send this little band of gold.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>&#8220;I promised you sweetheart someday I&#8217;d meet you<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Your tender form close to my heart I&#8217;ll hold.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But I&#8217;ll never keep that promise I have trod the last long mile;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Now\u00a0I&#8217;m sending you this\u00a0little band of gold.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>We laid him down in silence t&#8217;was so hard to leave him there<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Our hearts were heavy as we walked away;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But we know tonight in Heaven there&#8217;s another soldier boy<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Who&#8217;ll be marked a hero on that judgment day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>We wrote his dear old mother sent his love to folks back home<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And told her God had called him to the fold:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And the message to his darling we so carefully mailed away<\/em><br \/>\n<em>With his picture and her little band of gold.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>&#8220;I promised you sweetheart someday I&#8217;d meet you<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Your tender form close to my heart I&#8217;ll hold.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But I&#8217;ll never keep that promise I have trod the last long mile,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But\u00a0I&#8217;m sending you your little band of gold.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2015\/02\/21\/soldier-boy-the\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-q-z","category-arthur-stewart"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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