Tubb Ernest

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Missing In Action

Ernest Tubb

The warships had landed and I came 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 was left open and there on a stand,

I waw a picture of her and a man.

The clothes she was wearing told me a 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 good-bye,

my poor heart was breading but my eyes were dry.

I know she'd be happy if she never learned,

I know 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 will I see,

for Missing in Action for ever I'll be.

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