Ballads of Battle/The Home-Coming

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BROKEN TREES AT ERICHT REDOUBT ​

THE HOME-COMING

When this blast is over-blown,And the beacon fires shall burn,And in the streetIs the sound of feet—They also shall return.
When the bells shall rock and ring,When the flags shall flutter free,And the choirs shall sing,"God save our King "—They shall be there to see.
When the brazen bands shall play,And the silver trumpets blow,And the soldiers comeTo the tuck of drum—They shall be there also.
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When that which was lost is found;When each shall have claimed his kin,Fear not they shall missMother's clasp, maiden's kiss—For no strange soil might hold them in.
When Te Deums seek the skies,When the Organ shakes the Dome,A dead man shall standAt each live man's hand—For they also have come home.
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