AU REVOIR, BUT NOT GOODBYE SOLDIER BOY
(Albert Von Tilzer (m) Lew Brown (l) 1917)

as recorded by Henry Burr
& The Peerless Quartet
1918





As the boys go marching by,
Hear them cheer!
All the things you plan to do,
I am sure they will come true,
Over here!

Au revoir but not goodbye, soldier boy,
Brush that teardrop from your eye, soldier boy.
Will you sometimes think of me?


Keep my picture near your heart, soldier boy.
God will bring you back to me,
Au revoir but not goodbye, soldier boy.


I will comfort her each day, never fear.
We all love you and you know
Over here!

When your fighting days are through
For the old Red White and Blue,
With a cheer!

Au revoir but not goodbye, soldier boy,
Brush that teardrop from your eye, soldier boy.
Will you sometimes think of me?


Keep my picture near your heart, soldier boy.
God will bring you back to me,
Au revoir but not goodbye, soldier boy.


Keep my picture near your heart, soldier boy.
God will bring you back to me,
Au revoir but not goodbye, soldier boy.



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - January 2017)