Kiss Me Good-Bye Sweetheart
Words and Music by Henry W. Armstrong
Published as a supplement to
The New York World, Sunday Sept. 18, 1904
Copyright by M. Whitmark & Sons

[Verse 1]
Sweet-heart the bu-gles are call-ing,
Call-ing me to the fray
Tho' my eyes are dry, Tho' you hear no sigh
I'll not for-get you when I'm far a-way

Hearts that are brave are true-est
A sol-dier must not cry
He must hide his tears, He must calm his fears
Tho' his heart be break-ing when he says good-bye

[Chorus]
Kiss me good-bye sweet-heart,
sweet-heart Give me one smile love ere we part
There mid the bat-tle I'll dream of you

Hearts that are brav-est are ten-der too
Du-ty but calls me bids me go
Love helps the sol-dier face the foe

Her voice he hears, Her spir-it cheers
Kiss me good-bye sweet-heart.

[Verse 2]
Sweet-heart the sol-diers are com-ing,
Ban-ners are fly-ing gay
Sweet-heart do not pine, For one you called mine
We left him sleep-ing near Ma-nill-a Bay

Take to her lad, this tok-en
This fad-ed coat will tell How I died, he said
Then he drooped his head
And he soft-ly whis-pered these words as he fell.

[Repeat Chorus]