Flatt & Scruggs - Soldiers return

A^Gll the pretty girls s^Ctanding in the g^Garden, a brown shoe s^Coldier came walking ^D7by. He stepped up t^Go her t^Chinking just to t^Gease her. Said I think t^Chat ^D7you will be my b^Gride.

^GI have a sweetheart ^Che is in the A^Grmy , across the s^Cea, in some distant l^D7and. I'd never s^Gend h^Cim a dear john l^Getter, just for the s^Cake of s^D7ome fast talking m^Gan.

s^Gupposing that he's not l^Cost in some b^Gattle, not even ^Cout, in the ice and s^D7now. But in the a^Grms of s^Come foreign ^Gbeauty, did you ever t^Chink, it m^D7ight be s^Co.

^GI know that he is l^Cost in some b^Gattle, though I know not ^Cif, he be alive or d^D7ead. I have this g^Glove that ^CI once knit ^Gfor him...see how it's s^Ctained, w^D7ith his life's own b^Glood.

H^Ge reached his hand, d^Cown inside his p^Gocket...lean close and s^Cee the gift I b^D7ear. That very g^Glove t^Chat you are ^Gholding. It is the s^Came ^D7as I have h^Gere.

^GI know that you ^Cdo not recogn^Gize me, my face is c^Changed by some battle s^D7cars, but my heart i^Gnside , it ^Cis just the s^Game love...as when I l^Ceft, ^D7to join the w^Gar.

N^Gow wars may come and t^Cake away your l^Goved ones. It may seem ^Ceasy to dece^D7ive. But if you t^Gruely l^Cove some ^Gsoldier....than you must ^Cset, his m^D7ind at ^Gease.