Time was when the little toy dog was new

And the soldier was passing fair,

And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue

Kissed them and put them there.

"Now, don't you go till I come," he said;

"And don't you make any noise!"

So toddling off to his trundle bed

He dreamt of the pretty toys.

And, as he was dreaming, an angel song

Awakened our Little Boy Blue—