[00:00.000] 作曲 : Henry S. Washburn/G.F. Root/1861
[00:06.263] Oh we shall meet but we shall miss him.
[00:11.417] There will be one vacant chair.
[00:16.463] We shall linger to caress him,
[00:21.804] While we breathe our ev'ning prayer.
[00:26.982] When a year ago we gathered,
[00:32.253] Joy was in his mild blue eye.
[00:37.520] But a golden cord is severed.
[00:42.642] And our hopes in ruin lie.
[00:47.726] Oh we shall meet, but we shall miss him.
[00:53.049] There will be one vacant chair.
[00:58.222] We shall linger to caress him,
[01:03.355] While we breathe our ev'ning prayer.
[01:08.432] At our fireside, sad and lonely,
[01:13.791] Often will the bosom swell,
[01:18.887] At remembrance of the story,
[01:24.063] How our noble Willie fell.
[01:29.137] How he strove to bear our banner,
[01:34.316] Thro' the thickest of the fight,
[01:39.273] And uphold our country's honor
[01:44.323] In the strength of manhood's might.
[01:49.459] Oh we shall meet but we shall miss him.
[01:54.739] There will be one vacant chair.
[01:59.800] We shall linger to caress him,
[02:04.886] While we breathe our ev'ning prayer.
[02:29.536] True they tell us wreaths of glory,
[02:34.852] Evermore will deck his brow,
[02:39.659] But this soothes the anguish only,
[02:44.787] Sweeping o'er our heartstrings now.
[02:49.920] Sleep today o' early fallen,
[02:55.007] In thy green and narrow bed.
[02:59.957] Dirges from the pine and cypress
[03:05.136] Mingle with the tears we shed.
[03:09.899] Oh we shall meet but we shall miss him.
[03:15.178] There will be one vacant chair.
[03:20.231] We shall linger to caress him,
[03:25.274] While we breathe our ev'ning prayer.
[03:49.759] Oh we shall meet but we shall miss him.
[03:54.987] There will be one vacant chair.
[03:59.937] We shall linger to caress him,
[04:05.028] While we breathe our ev'ning prayer.
[04:10.002] While we breathe our ev'ning prayer.