[00:04.951]Do they miss me at home, do they miss me?
[00:09.188]'Twould be an assurance, most dear,
[00:12.952]To know that this moment some love one
[00:16.688]Were saying, "I wish he were here;"
[00:20.438]To feel that the group at the fireside
[00:24.188]Were thinking of me as I roam,
[00:28.196]Oh, yes, 'twould be joy beyond measure,
[00:31.945]To know that they missed me at home,
[00:35.696]To know that they missed me at home.
[00:38.189][00:36.539]
[00:39.951]Do they miss me in the trench, do they miss me?
[00:43.696]When the shells fly so thickly around?
[00:47.688]Do they know that I've run down the hillside
[00:51.441]To look for my hole in the ground?
[00:54.940]But the shells they exploded so near me,
[00:58.696]It seemed best for me to run;
[01:02.447]And though some laughed as I crawfished,
[01:06.196]I could not discover the fun, No,
[01:10.438]I could not discover the fun.
[01:12.196][01:11.797]
[01:14.439]I often get up in the trenches,
[01:18.198]When some Yankee is near out of sight,
[01:21.942]And fire a round or two at him, (Take that Yank!)
[01:25.949]To make the boys think that I'll fight.
[01:29.689]But when the Yanks the commence shelling,
[01:33.438]I run to my home down the hill;
[01:37.188]I swear my legs never will stay there,
[01:41.191]Though all may stay there who will, yes,
[01:44.690]Though all may stay there who will.
[01:47.939][01:47.410]
[01:49.188]I'll save myself though the dread struggle,
[01:53.202]And when the great battle is o'er
[01:56.945]I'll claim my full ration of laurels,
[02:00.689]As always I've done heretofore.
[02:04.949]I'll say that I've fought them as bravely
[02:08.439]As the best of my comrades who fell,
[02:12.188]And swear most roundly to all others
[02:16.191]I never had fears of a shell,
[02:19.449]No, I never had fears of a shell.