Show The Melancholy Days y J M Mw Mi fF y i w Ug U U U y MY BUDDIE WALLACE lV GREY v y Be kind to me sweet memory 1 1 This fair Armistice Day The while in dreams again I see 0 o My Buddie Vall Wallace ace Gray Who Vho sailed with me the dark blue sea Upon my way to France True pal was he in grief or glee gle e Mid war-time's war fierce advance advance- r. r r. r Mid shot and sh shell ll where heroes fell fellAnd fellAnd fellAnd And rivers ran red blood-red t. t Tho dense the air and rank the s smell i ell V t. t Where man and beast lay dead a J Our blankets spread we weary lay 7 jI Asleep upon the ground o r And in the mornings morning's earliest ray 1 We Ve each the other found I So youthful valiant true and good My l buddie Wallace Vallace Gray By me beloved and understood Thru war-time's war fearful day No purer soul eer fell fen in fight Upon the dampened sod No fairer spirit eer took flight flight i iBack Back to its home with God k If i 1 We Vc parted ere that fateful hour hourI I with the ambulance His tears were as the falling shower Upon the fields of France His last fond yearning look on me me meNo 0 No painter can portray But in my dreams how oft 1 I see seeMy seeMy My buddie buddle Wallace Vallace Gray No answer to my letter came I Then hope supinely fled to of I breathed his bis name In thought prayer name nam 0 They told me he was dead 0 I wonder if it he passed my door 0 j J Where pale and sick I lay r dreaming A-dreaming longing oer and oer o'er For buddie Wallac Gray V Now homeward bound neath banners gay My joy more full and sweet Had but my buddie buddle Wallace Vallace Gray j Still lived his friends to greet I hastened to his mothers mother's side To soothe in gentle tone c. I She took me in her arms and cried As tho I were her own And from that hour I go This hallowed memory An inner hope thru weal or woe woe Abiding still till with me The years roll round again we greet The fair t Day ay By light faith sweet light sweet in heaven Ill I'll meet My buddie Wallace Vallace Gray I 9 Minnie I I. I Hodapp Wallace Gray and George Chadburn both Utan boys from Washington County were at the front it ii 1918 My buddie Wallace Vallace Gray is related by Gee Gec Chadburn B |