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Just What I Would Have Done
My boy, his words and my answer.
What would you say mother darling
If I come home some day,
And say that I've enlisted,
That I was going away;
Going to fight for my country
My loved ones to protect.
Would you send me away with a blessing my dear,
Or with regret?
If I come home some day,
And say that I've enlisted,
That I was going away;
Going to fight for my country
My loved ones to protect.
Would you send me away with a blessing my dear,
Or with regret?
Mother's Answer of Chorus.
You've just done what I would have done my son
Just done what I would have done,
*If I had been a man instead of what I am
I would have been right there since the war began
Repeat from *
Just done what I would have done,
*If I had been a man instead of what I am
I would have been right there since the war began
Repeat from *
Would you turn to me with a smile, mother.
Or condemn me for my act,
Or would you rejoice along with me
In doing well my part?
I'm only a boy in years, mother
Also your only son,
Yet I know it's the truth when you say it
You are proud at what I have done.
Or condemn me for my act,
Or would you rejoice along with me
In doing well my part?
I'm only a boy in years, mother
Also your only son,
Yet I know it's the truth when you say it
You are proud at what I have done.
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