Dirge for a Soldier

DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER. Chicago H.M. HIGGINS 117 Randolph St. Words by Geo. H. Boker. Music by A.C. Gutterson

1. Close his eyes his work is done, What to him is friend or foeman; Rise of moon or set of sun, Hand of man or kiss of woman.

2. As man may, he fought his fight, Prov'd his truth by his en-dea-vor, Let him sleep in solemn night Sleep forever and forever.

3. Fold him in his country's stars, Roll the drum and fire the volley, What to him are all our wars, What but death be-mocking fol-ly

4. Leave him to God's watching eye, Trust him to the hand that made him, Mortal love sweeps i-dly by, God a-lone has pow'r to aid him.

PIANO.

CHORUS. cres.

Lay him low, Lay him low, in the clover or the snow, Lay him low, Lay him low.

Lay him low, Lay him low, in the clover or the snow, Lay him low, Lay him low.

cres. What cares he, he cannot know.

adagio.

Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1864. by H.M. HIGGINS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Northern District of Ill.

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