Tell Mother I Die Happy - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
TELL MOTHER I DIE HAPPY. 
I am dying, comrades, dying, As you bear me lightly tread, Soon, ah, soon I shall be lying With the silent, sleeping dead; I am dying, comrades, dying, Still the battle rages near, Tell me, are our foes aflying-I die happy, mother dear. 
Chorus. Tell my mother I die happy, That for me she must not weep, Tell her how I longed to kiss her, Ere I sank in death to sleep. 
I am going, comrades, going, See how damp my forehead's now-Oh, I see the angels coming, With bright garlands for my brow-Bear this message to my mother, How in death that God was near, He to bless and to support me-I die happy, mother dear.-Chorus. 
Lay me, comrades, 'neath the willow, That grows-on the distant shore, Wrap the starry flag around me, I would press its folds once more. Let the cold earth be my pillow, And the "Stars and Stripes" my shroud, Soon, O, soon, I shall be marching, Amid the heavenly crowd.-Chorus.