Misc Your Songs - North country express - the ballad of stewart hodder

^GWhy have you come here to ^CFrance, Vera Flannigan ^GWhat is it, maid, that you're hoping to ^Dfind? An ^Gold family story Of ^Clong-ago glory Or per - ^Ghaps a young ^Csoldier who ^Dweighs on your ^Emmind

It's a ^Emlittle of both, kind ^Amsir, don't you ^Emsee I ^Emseek a young Private who ^Amwore blue put - ^Emtees He ^Emcame from my village - ^Amin Newfound - ^Emland And he ^Emwas my great-^Amuncle, now do ^Dyou under - ^Emstand

^GWhy have you come here to ^CFrance, Vera Flannigan ^GWhat is it, maid, that you're hoping to ^Dfind? An ^Gold family story Of ^Clong-ago glory Or per - ^Ghaps a young ^Csoldier who ^Dweighs on your ^Emmind

He ^Emdied in this field near ^AmMonchy-le -^EmPreux And ^Emthese many years, sir, ^Amnobody ^Emknew That he ^Emlies where he fell, undis - ^Amcovered, un - ^Emnamed Where the ^Emmud and the ^Amblood give no ^Dmarker or ^Emfame

^GWhy have you come here to ^CFrance, Vera Flannigan ^GWhat is it, maid, that you're hoping to ^Dfind? An ^Gold family story Of ^Clong-ago glory Or per - ^Ghaps a young ^Csoldier who ^Dweighs on your ^Emmind

His ^Emname's in the bronze at ^AmBeaumont-Ha - ^Emmel With ^Emthose of his comrades, the ^Amothers who ^Emfell 'Neath the ^Emcaribou guarding the ^Amtrenches and ^Emsand ^EmFacing to battle, for - ^Amever it ^Emstands

^GWhy have you come here to ^CFrance, Vera Flannigan ^GWhat is it, maid, that you're hoping to ^Dfind? An ^Gold family story Of ^Clong-ago glory Or per - ^Ghaps a young ^Csoldier who ^Dweighs on your ^Emmind

Now the ^Emlove of a family that ^Amhe never ^Emknew I ^Embring with me here, sir, to ^Ambid sad a - ^Emdieu And ^Emstand in Remembrance, 'though ^Amwe never ^Emmet ^GYoung Stewart ^CHodder - ^DLEST WE FOR - ^EmGET

I k^Gnow why you came here to ^CFrance, Vera Flannigan A ^Ghundred years gone, just a passage of ^Dtime Your ^Guncle's brave story, of ^Cdeath, war and glory The ^Gchapter's now ^Cclosed And you ^Dhave peace of ^Gmind.