The Vacant Chair

歌曲 The Vacant Chair
歌手 97th Regimental String Band
专辑 Tenting on the Old Camp Ground: Civil War Era Songs, Vol. IV

歌词

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Traditional Song
[00:19.265] We shall meet but we shall miss him.
[00:24.022] There will be one vacant chair.
[00:28.788] We shall linger to caress him
[00:33.552] While we breathe our ev’ning prayer.
[00:38.324] When one year ago we gathered,
[00:43.365] Joy was in his mild blue eye.
[00:48.125] Now the golden cord is severed,
[00:52.886] And our hopes in ruin lie.
[00:57.652] We shall meet, but we shall miss him.
[01:02.413] There will be one vacant chair.
[01:07.449] We shall linger to caress him
[01:12.216] While we breathe our ev’ning prayer.
[01:17.541] At our fireside, sad and lonely,
[01:22.584] Often will the bosom swell
[01:27.623] At remembrance of the story
[01:32.663] How our noble Willie fell.
[01:37.436] How he strove to bear the banner
[01:42.467] Thro’ the thickest of the fight
[01:47.511] And uphold our country’s honor
[01:52.268] In the strength of manhood’s might.
[01:57.020] We shall meet, but we shall miss him.
[02:02.055] There will be one vacant chair.
[02:07.087] We shall linger to caress him
[02:12.123] While we breathe our ev’ning prayer.
[02:17.163] True, they tell us wreaths of glory
[02:22.203] Evermore will deck his brow,
[02:26.954] But this soothes the anguish only,
[02:31.993] Sweeping o’er our heartstrings now.
[02:36.745] Sleep today, O early fallen,
[02:41.778] In thy green and narrow bed.
[02:46.539] Dirges from the pine and cypress
[02:51.296] Mingle with the tears we shed.
[02:56.327] We shall meet, but we shall miss him.
[03:01.374] There will be one vacant chair.
[03:06.414] We shall linger to caress him
[03:11.462] While we breathe our ev’ning prayer.

拼音

[00:00.000] zuò qǔ : Traditional Song
[00:19.265] We shall meet but we shall miss him.
[00:24.022] There will be one vacant chair.
[00:28.788] We shall linger to caress him
[00:33.552] While we breathe our ev' ning prayer.
[00:38.324] When one year ago we gathered,
[00:43.365] Joy was in his mild blue eye.
[00:48.125] Now the golden cord is severed,
[00:52.886] And our hopes in ruin lie.
[00:57.652] We shall meet, but we shall miss him.
[01:02.413] There will be one vacant chair.
[01:07.449] We shall linger to caress him
[01:12.216] While we breathe our ev' ning prayer.
[01:17.541] At our fireside, sad and lonely,
[01:22.584] Often will the bosom swell
[01:27.623] At remembrance of the story
[01:32.663] How our noble Willie fell.
[01:37.436] How he strove to bear the banner
[01:42.467] Thro' the thickest of the fight
[01:47.511] And uphold our country' s honor
[01:52.268] In the strength of manhood' s might.
[01:57.020] We shall meet, but we shall miss him.
[02:02.055] There will be one vacant chair.
[02:07.087] We shall linger to caress him
[02:12.123] While we breathe our ev' ning prayer.
[02:17.163] True, they tell us wreaths of glory
[02:22.203] Evermore will deck his brow,
[02:26.954] But this soothes the anguish only,
[02:31.993] Sweeping o' er our heartstrings now.
[02:36.745] Sleep today, O early fallen,
[02:41.778] In thy green and narrow bed.
[02:46.539] Dirges from the pine and cypress
[02:51.296] Mingle with the tears we shed.
[02:56.327] We shall meet, but we shall miss him.
[03:01.374] There will be one vacant chair.
[03:06.414] We shall linger to caress him
[03:11.462] While we breathe our ev' ning prayer.