Anne Harlan Prather - Hero's Lullaby lyrics

Sleep, my son, don't you cry tonight Tomorrow's sun will rise shining bright On a faraway world your father bravely fights And he'll return in the morning Oh, your father is tall and your father is strong Your father is a soldier born Born to fight and born to die While I am left alone to cry Sleep, my son, don't you cry tonight Tomorrow's sun will rise shining bright On a faraway world your father bravely fights And he'll return in the morning Oh, I cry for my father, who died in the field I cry for my brother, whose wounds never healed I cry for these men, forced to fight and die Who never know peace in their lives Sleep, my son, don't you cry tonight Tomorrow's sun will rise shining bright On a faraway world your father bravely fights And he'll return in the morning Oh, you'll grow to be a soldier, my boy Learn to shoot a gun like a toy Learn to fight and learn to k** And then be buried in the morning Sleep, my son, don't you cry tonight Tomorrow's sun will rise shining bright On a faraway world your father bravely fights And he'll be buried in the morning