Just Before the Battle, Mother - Traditional song Chords by Jon Malmin - (jogusmal@telia.com) Another Civil War song... The chords are the same for each verse and chorus.

^CJust before the battle, m^Fother, ^GI am thinking most of y^Cou, ^CWhile upon the field we're wa^Ftching ^GWith the enemy in ^Cview. ^CComrades brave are 'round me l^Fying, ^GFilled with thoughts of home and God ^G7 ^CFor well they know that on the m^Forrow, ^GSome will sleep beneath the s^Cod.

CHORUS:

^CFarewell, mother, you may n^Fever ^GPress me to your heart again, ^G7 But, ^Coh, you'll not forget me, m^Fother, ^GIf I'm numbered with the s^Clain.

Oh, I long to see you, mother, And the loving ones at home, But I'll never leave our banner, Till in honor I can come. Tell the traitors all around you That their cruel words we know, In every battle kill our soldiers By the help they give the foe. CHORUS: Farewell, mother, you may never Press me to your heart again, But, oh, you'll not forget me, mother, If I'm numbered with the slain. Hark! I hear the bugles sounding, 'Tis the signal for the fight, Now, may God protect us, mother, As He ever does the right. Hear the "Battle-Cry of Freedom," How it swells upon the air, Oh, yes, we'll rally 'round the standard, Or we'll perish nobly there. CHORUS: Farewell, mother, you may never Press me to your heart again, But, oh, you'll not forget me, mother, If I'm numbered with the slain. C: F: G: G7: x-0-2-2-2-0 x-x-0-2-3-2 0-2-2-1-0-0 0-2-0-1-0-0

Misc Traditional - Just before the battle mother