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LYRICS:
Soldier, Soldier, dear unknown, I wonder as I knit,
Will you be a Corporal Who will wear this mit?
Will you be a Captain? Tell him, mitten, pray,
That in your simple meshes I wove my heart to-day;
Wove it, warm and throbbing, O gallant soldier mine!
Praying that it strengthen That strong right hand of thine.
Strong to strike and swift to strike And drive the foe away,
Lay on, Lay on, my Soldier, Lay on, and win the day!
And if my little mitten Be dyed a deeper red,
Its saffron turned to crimson With blood in honour shed,
The radiance of that scarlet, The glory of that stain,
Would make my little wor-box Seem like a sacred fane!
So here's my little mitten, Wool to keep you warm,
Kisses in its meshes To keep you, dear, from harm.