See this brave young private soldier,
’Mid the crash of shot and shell,
He has proved himself a hero,
Bravely he has fought and well.
Chorus.
Wounded he lies when the battle is o’er,
Thinking of those on a far-distant shore,
Thinking of those he will see never more,
Thinking of his children and wife.
“Merciful God! who is Great and All-wise,