Here's the entry from the Peoples Songs Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 12, January 1947, page 9.

BELOVED COMRADE
(Words by Lewis Allan, music by Fred Katz)


To you, beloved comrade, we make this solemn vow,
The fight will go on, the fight will still go on;
Like you, beloved comrade,we pledge our bodies now -
The fight will go on, the fight will still go on!

CHORUS
Rest here in the earth, your work is done,
You'll find new birth when we have won, when we have won;
Sleep well, beloved comrade, our work will just begin,
The fight will go on till we win, until we win.


Copyright, 1945, by the Leeds Music Corporation

Notes: There have been many requests for this song, written in 1936 in memory of the brave anti-fascists who fell in Spain. Josh White and other singers have made it well-known. However, it has come to stand for all men who have fought for freedom, and before President Roosevelt's death became one of his favorite songs.

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Identical lyrics appear on page 40 of the People's Song Book, published by Boni and Gaer in 1948 and reprinted in 1956 by People's Artists, Inc.

Here are the notes from the People's Song Book: Of the songs that Josh White sang for him, this was one of President Roosevelt's favorites. Though it was written in 1936 for the anti-fascists who were killed in Spain, it is frequently sung in memory of President Roosevelt.