Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
Stimme und Gesang
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Helen Kaye
Helen Kaye
Songwriter:in
Arthur Q. Smith
Arthur Q. Smith
Songwriter:in

Songteksten

The warship had landed and I'd come ashore
The fighting was over for me evermore
For I had been wounded, they left me for dead
A stone for my pillow and snow for my bed
The enemy found me and took me away
And made me a prisoner of war, so they say
But God in his mercy was with me one day
The gate was left open and I ran away
I returned to the old home, my sweet wife to see
The home I had built for my darling and me
The door I then opened and there on a stand
I saw a picture of her and a man
The clothes she was wearin' told me the sad tale
My darling was wearing a new bridal veil
Then I found a letter and these words I read
"Missing in action", she thought I was dead
So I kissed her picture and whispered, "Goodbye"
My poor heart was breakin', but my eyes were dry
I knew it was too late for her now to learn
I knew she must never know I had returned
A vagabond dreamer, forever I'll roam
Because there was no one to welcome me home
The face of my darling no more I shall see
For missing in action forever I'll be
Written by: Arthur Q. Smith, Helen Kaye
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