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 hear 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 a flying? 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 sunk 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, oh, soon, I shall be marching Amid the heavenly crowd.-Chorus.