https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/original/34fb5a60f2225c08b2c893f28e7359fe.png 8229475230870a11187cab1117c8aad0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tunes Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Transcription Transcription of ballad lyrics Just before the battle, mother, I am thinking most of you, While upon the field we're watching With the enemy in view. Comrades brave are 'round me lying, Filled with thoughts of home and God For well they know that on the morrow, Some will sleep beneath the sod. CHORUS: Farewell, mother, you may never Press me to your heart again, But, oh, you'll not forget me, mother, If I'm numbered with the slain. Oh, I long to see you, mother, And the loving ones at home, But I'll never leave our banner, Till in honor I can come. Tell the traitors all around you That their cruel words we know, In every battle kill our soldiers By the help they give the foe. CHORUS: Farewell, mother, you may never Press me to your heart again, But, oh, you'll not forget me, mother, If I'm numbered with the slain. Hark! I hear the bugles sounding, 'Tis the signal for the fight, Now, may God protect us, mother, As He ever does the right. Hear the "Battle-Cry of Freedom," How it swells upon the air, Oh, yes, we'll rally 'round the standard, Or we'll perish nobly there. CHORUS: Farewell, mother, you may never Press me to your heart again, But, oh, you'll not forget me, mother, If I'm numbered with the slain. Lyrics are in the public domain. Digital Object <iframe src="https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/fullsize/34fb5a60f2225c08b2c893f28e7359fe.jpg" frameborder="0" scrolling="yes" width="600" height="600"></iframe> Ballads using this tune: <ul><li><a href="https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/items/show/878">Execution of the purfleet murderer </a></li> <li><a href="https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/items/show/1139">Life of the Mannings</a></li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <em>Just before the battle, Mother</em> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George F. Root