Show Does It Pay to Be a Soldier By Mrs George Rodney Chettle r. r Does it pa pay to be a soldier fighting for your country's sake yi i Does it pay to leave your mother I For you know her heart wi will break When she sees the soldiers marching On to war to fight the foe Then Therm shell she'll say Oh does it pay T To leave a mother so r I CHORUS v r r rI Fighting for for honor and glory V v i Is not what it seems to be h. h Vl It You'd tell teU a different story story T If you could v only see The Time broken hearts and desol desolate fe homes Made by the time war today Then you would say it does not pay To be a soldier boy Does it pay to be a soldier Fighting for a lonely grave Way Vay ay from home on fields of battle All AU for glory and a name I When you hear the time cannon roaring Killing mothers' mothers hope and joy Then you would say Oh does does- it pay To be soldier rt To a boy oy |