Lay the green sod on me   carve my name in stone   lay the green sod on me   the soldier has come home      don't mourn for me, my darling   don't cry when I am gone   don't mourn for me, my darling   the soldier will come home      my friends have gone before me   and layed their tired bodies down   my friends have gone before me   to prepare the resting ground      let me go to sleep now   to march and fight no more   let me go to sleep now   I'm tired, my body's sore      so lay the green sod on me   put the wreath upon my stone   lay the green sod on me   the soldier has come home      (the soldier has come home)