SOLDIER ON
THERE LIVED A WIDOW IN OUR TOWN, HER NAME WAS MARY ELLEN BROWNE
EVERY YEAR THAT THE GOOD LORD SENT, SHE REARED A PIG TO PAY THE RENT
SHE HAD ONE SON HER ONLY HOPE, HE WOULD'NT KICK SNOW OFF A ROPE
HE WOULD RARELY RISE BEFORE HALF TEN, THE TALK OF THE TOWN OF BALLYFIN
THE ARMY THEN SHE MADE HIM JOIN, THEY SENT HIM TO A FOREIGN CLIME
AND AS THE BOMBS FELL ALL AROUND, LIKE A DUCK IN THUNDER HE WOULD BE FOUND
NO ONE CARED OR GAVE A DAMN, ABOUT THE BROKEN HEARTED IRISH MAN
SO HE WROTE A LETTER HOME ONE DAY, AND TO HIS MOTHER HE DID SAY
SELL THE PIG AND BAIL ME OUT, I MISS THE BINGO AND THE STOUT
BUT SHE WROTE BACK AND SAID "DEAR JOHN, THE PIG IS DEAD NOW SOLDIER ON"
LIFE WAS TOUGH IN THE DESERT SAND, HOW HE LONGED FOR IRELAND
SO ONCE MORE HE TOOK HIS PEN, AND ASKED HIS MOTHER ONCE AGAIN
SELL THE PIG AND BAIL ME OUT, I MISS THE BINGO AND THE STOUT
BUT SHE WROTE BACK AND SAID "DEAR JOHN, THE PIG IS DEAD, NOW SOLDIER ON"
MRS BROWN TWAS PLAIN TO TELL, WOULD NOT GIVE IN THAT PIG TO SELL
SHE SAVED HIS BACON MANY A TIME, SAYING I WONT BAIL OUT THAT SON OF MINE
EVERY HEN SCRATCH FOR ITSELF, WAS HER REPLY TO HIS REQUEST
THE MOTHER NEVER CHANGED HER SONG, THE PIG IS DEAD NOW SOLDIER ON
SELL THE PIG AND BAIL ME OUT, I MISS THE BINGO AND THE STOUT
BUT SHE WROTE BACK AND SAID "DEAR JOHN, THE PIG IS DEAD NOW SOLDIER ON"
SELL THE PIG AND BAIL ME OUT, I MISS THE BINGO AND THE STOUT
BUT SHE WROTE BACK AND SAID "DEAR JOHN, THE PIG IS DEAD NOW SOLDIER ON"