Your Little Band Of Gold Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Snow
Your Little Band Of Gold
Written and Recorded by Hank Snow
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On the raging field of battle in a
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dugout dark and cold
Lies a
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soldier boy in tears and wracked with
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pain
We gathered close beside him as our
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Captain said a prayer
We
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knew his chance to live was all in
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vain
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opened up his big blue eyes and
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smiled through flowing tears
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These last few words then to our Captain
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told
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In this pocket by my heart sir is a
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message send it please
And
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with it send this little band of
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gold
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promised you sweetheart someday I'd
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meet
you
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Your tender form close to my heart I'd
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fold
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But I'll never keep that promise I have
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trod the last long mile
But
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I'm sending you your little band of
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gold
We laid him down in silence t'was so
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hard to leave him there
Our
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hearts were heavy as we walked
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away
But we know tonight in Heaven there's
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another soldier boy
Who'll
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be marked a hero on that judgment
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day
We
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wrote his dear old mother sent his
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love to folks back home
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And told her God had called him to the
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fold
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And the message to his darling we so
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carefully mailed away
With
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his picture and her little band of
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gold
FAQ
Who sang the the song Your Little Band Of Gold?
- The song Your Little Band Of Gold was sang by Hank Snow.
Who is Hank Snow?
- Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number-one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and "The Rhumba Boogie" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", "Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits.Snow was an accomplished songwriter whose clear, baritone voice expressed a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small-town Nova Scotia where, as a frail, 80-pound youngster, he endured extreme poverty, beatings and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression. Through it all, his musically talented mother provided the emotional support he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a famous entertainer like his idol, the country star, Jimmie Rodgers.As a performer of traditional country music, Snow won numerous awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, celebrates his life and work in a province where his fans still see him as an inspirational figure who triumphed over personal adversity to become one of the most influential artists in all of country music.
