The Boy Enlists

His mother's eyes are saddened, and her cheeks are stained with tears,

And I'm facing now the struggle that I've dreaded through the years;

For the boy that was our baby has been changed into a man.

He's enlisted in the army as a true American.

He held her for a moment in his arms before he spoke,

And I watched him as he kissed her, and it seemed to me I'd choke,

For I knew just what was coming, and I knew cheejust what he'd done!

‘ Another little mother had a soldier for a son.