Old Soldier's So Long Song

by Wiley "Chip" McKenzie

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lyrics

Full sixty summers
Since he came half home
To sulpha dreams of caissons on the Somme
Old soldier pins his purple medal on,
Snaps a sharp salute,
And sings his sad so long.
Are there songbirds in the trees, Christine
Singing soft among the leaves?
Is the grass still growing green
Around my Fordmobile machine?
(It hasn’t started since 1916.)
They float around me, now,
In phantom forms
All the friends we’ve lost to foreign storms
With Europe on their uniforms
With France in their canteens
And I am called to service, once again
Like we were when we were younger men
To raise our rifles and defend
The trenches and the powder magazine.
A finer day you couldn’t ask for
A fairer face you’ve never seen
Sergeants striking up the Drum Corp
And I sing “so long” to you, Christine.
All the songbirds in the trees
Sing “so long” to you, Christine.

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released March 17, 2020
Wiley "Chip" McKenzie - guitar, vocal
Matthew Williams - guitar
Luke Moller - violin
Matt Stoessel - steel
Jeff Crouch - trumpet
Bryan J. Howard - bass, guitar, piano, tubular bells
Carlton Owens - drums

Produced and Engineered by Bryan J. Howard at Del Toro Sound
Mixed and Mastered by R. Sloan Simpson

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