No my darling have no fear,
I'll see you by and by,
I trust in my commander
and my brothers in arms,
the chaplain reassures
that god is on our side,
and I will you write you every-
day, I will keep you informed

Dear wife-I can feel your
arms about my neck,
life like-the image of you crying at the gate
Dear wife-you're photo
is a shiel over my heart
My life-depends upon
the memory of your face

we landed on the shore
today, no enemy in sight,
We are strong and con-
fident that our training is
complete, we set up
camp and cleaned our
guns and sang away the
night,and yours by far
the loveliest of all
the pictures seen

I can barely write today
how things have gone awry,
A man who was a friend to
me is dead and many more,
I had to do a dreadful
thing to make it back
alive, why am i the only
one to send back into war?

So tell me dear the
color of your eyes,
I cannot remember
the glimmer of your
hair, you were a guid-
ing light emblazoned
on my mind, but death
has led me far away
and I don't seem to care

Dear god I am betrayed
today, my brothers are
insane, our leaders have
abandoned us and turned
us loose to kill, they
behave like animals
and i behave the same, why
should I try to survive
when I don't have the will?

Dear wife-the tempo
of my death is beating
down, why hide? re-
lief awaits me, I cannot
escape, Dear wife-your
photo is a dead thing
to me now, my life-is
wasted like the mem-
ory of your face.