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Thread #2482   Message #10108
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05-Aug-97 - 12:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: From Mother's Arms to Korea (Louvin Bros)
Subject: Lyr Add: FROM MOTHER'S ARMS TO KOREA (Louvin Bros)
Hi, Dale. Love that song, in fact, love any song the Louvin Brothers did.

FROM MOTHER'S ARMS TO KOREA
The Louvin Brothers
Written by Charles and Ira Louvin

I just got an unfinished diary
That I once gave my darling son.
It starts the day when he left us
And ends 'neath the enemy's gun.

CHORUS: "From mother's arms to Korea
And tomorrow I'll face the front lines."
But the next line was wrote by his buddies:
"From a foxhole to a mansion on high."

"Last night I saw Mother kneeling
By the old hearthstone to pray.
In my dream, I thought I was with her."
And that's all my darling could say.

Please tell his sweetheart who's waiting
For his ship to anchor at shore
To change her plans and forget him.
Her lips he'll kiss no more.

FYI: I have been collecting all kinds of patriotic songs about the U.S. for over 50 years, from before the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm.